You were involved in a serious traffic accident, and you took a direct blow to your face. The damage was severe, and you were very swollen. After going through imaging tests and emergency procedures, your medical provider informed you that you'd broken the bones...
Year: 2020
It may not be whiplash: Learn about facet joint pain
When you get hurt, even something that will heal can have a significant impact on your life. It can take months or years to fully recover from some kinds of injuries. Even though they're only disabling temporarily, you have to live with them and the consequences they...
Worker suffers steam burns during project without permit
Sometimes, work that needs to be performed needs to have a permit. This permit helps guarantee that everyone involved in a project knows the rules and regulations that they have to follow to be safe. When an employer fails to get a permit, it could mean that their...
What may impact spinal cord injury recovery?
A spinal cord injury may be a life-impacting event. For people who have catastrophic injuries, the likelihood of their abilities fully recovering is not always guaranteed. There are a few points about the injury that might come into the picture that could alter the...
Primary types of traumatic brain injuries
A person who is involved in a motor vehicle crash or on-the-job injury might suffer a traumatic brain injury. These can range from minor to severe, but you shouldn't let the classification of the injury lead you to make assumptions about how a person will fare. There...
What are 3 warnings signs of a poor nursing home?
When you leave a loved one in the care of a nursing home, you are entrusting their care to the medical team that works there. You want to know that your loved one is getting appropriate care at all times. Sadly, the person you care about may not be getting the care...
Knife attack leaves child with head injury in Gurnee Mills
It's unusual to hear about kids getting into serious fights, but when they do, those incidents can lead to significant harm coming to at least one of the children. That's why this story is so sad. A 14-year-old child is facing charges for hitting another child, 13,...
What are some crash statistics that you should know?
Crashes are something that you're bound to see at least at some time in your life. If you take the highway, you could see them frequently when vehicles are hit or drivers make errors that lead to traffic jams and trouble getting through an area. No one ever expects to...
Your support system is there to help after a serious injury
It's not easy to live with any kind of injury, whether you suffer from one on the job or you're hurt in a serious car crash. Injuries can happen to anyone almost anywhere, so you're not alone in dealing with this change in your life. As someone who is dealing with the...
Workers’ compensation: What you should know
You didn't expect today to be any different from any other day at work. You started on time, were wearing all the right protective equipment and were having a pretty normal day. What you didn't expect was that a part of the machinery you were using would break. You...