If there's one detail most of us know about car crashes, it's that a person's life as they knew it could change in an instant. While many individuals walk away from crashes unscathed, others suffer debilitating injuries or die. One injury that individuals suffer in...
Month: August 2021
Beware of paralyzing spinal injuries in a car wreck
If you have seen emergency medical teams pull people from car crashes, you might notice they use rigid, body-length boards. These are spinal boards designed to transport someone while maintaining their spine in a straight position. If you suffer a spinal injury in a...
Take care when there are trucks on the road
Sharing the road with trucks is a high-risk activity. While most truck drivers are skilled professionals, some lack skills, patience, caution or attention. Newer drivers lack the experience to handle their rig well, and regardless of whether someone has been driving...
Is it your fault you are invisible on a motorcycle?
When a car or truck driver crashes into a motorcyclist, their first words are usually something like, “Hey, I didn’t see you.” As you lie on the ground, you might wonder how that's possible. After all, it is not like you are invisible, right? While motorcyclists are...
How can you keep your child safe in the car?
As a parent, the most dangerous thing you can do with your child is to take them for a drive in the car. “Wait,” you say. Surely teaching them to dive into an empty pool or allowing them to open the emergency exit mid-flight is more dangerous than getting in the car?...
Can you survive an internal decapitation?
If you’ve never heard of an internal decapitation, you may be surprised to know that there are victims in auto accidents who have survived this terrifying condition. This injury occurs when the internal ligaments that connect the vertebrae of the spine to the skull...
Yes, you can have a brain injury without hitting your head
In car crashes, it’s common to see victims with traumatic brain injuries. These injuries can happen when they hit their heads on windows or the steering column, if an object pierces the skull or if they suffer from severe whiplash (which causes a coup-contrecoup...
Studies show that new auto safety tech is working
Over the last decade or so, cars have gone through a very significant change. More and more advanced technology has been used with the goal of making the roads safer. There are a lot of different examples of new safety tech, such as: Blind-spot monitoring systems...
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