Basic Information About Brain Injury

Frank Bailey — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:22:43 GMT

According to the Brain Injury Association of America, there are approximately 5.3 million U. S. citizens with a disabling brain injury. The costs totaled $60 billion in 2000. Every 23 seconds a traumatic brain injury occurs. This year alone, 1.4 million Americans will sustain a traumatic brain injury.

Insurance adjustors fail to recognize traumatic brain injury unless it is documented by a competent physician. That is why I recommend to all my clients, who I suspect may have a traumatic brain injury, to be tested by a competent neuropsychologist. PET scans are another means of documenting traumatic brain injury. But, often PET scans are not available at local hospitals and doctors are hesitant to recommend the expensive test.

Traumatic brain injury can occur even in low impact collisions. Often with the new shock absorbing crash designed vehicles, there is little property damage to the vehicle, but massive damage to the occupant’s brain. This happens because our heads and necks were not designed to withstand the energy of being struck from the rear by a 5000 lbs. vehicle.

If you have been in a rear end collision and have any of the symptoms of a traumatic brain injury there is treatment. Don’t delay in getting the needed treatment just because you can’t see your injury. It is just as real as if you had broken your arm or had a huge gash in your skin.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Frank Bailey

Tractor-trailer Rig Causes Death

Frank Bailey — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:37:32 GMT

Not a day passes we don’t hear of an innocent person killed by someone’s negligence. Just yesterday a Harrison woman was killed when the rear axle of a tractor-trailer came off, crossed the center line and hit her pickup truck near Green Forest.

There is no excuse for owners of tractor-trailers to let their equipment go unrepaired. We live in a society that values life. Some owners of tractor-trailers seem to value money more than the lives of innocent people. How can they sleep at night knowing they are allowing unsafe vehicles on our highways…just to make an extra buck?

Just this morning I was writing about the new devices available to track repairs, speed, and driver hours in these tractor-trailer rigs. Our government needs to do something to ensure our highways are safe. If everyone would contact their government representatives and demand something be done about these big trucks, it might get the ball rolling.

If the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration did its job, this kind of thing wouldn't happen.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Frank Bailey

Bentonville Personal Injury Lawyer - Tractor-trailer Accidents

Basic Information About Brain Injury

Tractor-trailer Rig Causes Death