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(The Good News) Highway

Crash Injuries Decreasing

Source: Census.gov

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It’s True…

A number of the common injuries in

car accidents can take time to

exhibit following the crash.

Symptoms & Time

According to a prospective study of 93 car-accident and soft-tissue injury of the cervical spine victims study:

Symptoms occurred after the accident:

• within 1 hour – 21%• within 5 hours – 24%• within 15 hour – 27%• within 3 days – 28%

Source: TAndFOnline.com

Sustained Injury Breakdown

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Internal Injuries

Head & Brain Injuries

Skeletal Injuries & Bone Fractures

Soft Tissue Injuries

• occurs in the neck when the head is jerked forward or back and suddenly snaps back

Whiplash

• can result in heavy bleeding and facial injuries

Skin Abrasions & Cuts

• can result in swelling, tears and pulls, chronic pain, with consequences to mobility

Sprains, Pills, Arms, Legs &

Feet

Symptoms of Collision

Caused Whiplash Injuries

• Shoulder Pain• Back Pain• Dizziness• Blurred Vision• Neck Pain & Mobility

Problems• Tingling Arms • Other Unusual Sensations

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Japanese Car Accident Injury

Study Found

• 50% of car crashes result in neck injury

• 95% of these neck injuries are CAD injuries

• 15-20% of victims have prolonged symptoms

• rear impact injuries carry a worse prognosis than either side or frontal impact injuries.

Source: NHTSA.gov

Heavy Vs. Light Crash

Crash injury experts agree, even an accident without crumpling of metal can involve enough kinetic energy to cause drivers and passengers to be injured.

Collisions serious enough to bend metal and resulting in crumpling can sometimes result in kinetic energy absorption, like the crushing of a can –transmitting less destructive force, in some cases, to the vehicle occupant.

Source: NHTSA.gov

Internal Injuries

Collisions Can Cause

• tearing of the muscle lining the bottom of a rib cage (commonly seen in impacts to the lower chest)

Diaphragm Rupture

• organ damage; can result in abdominal pain, blood in urine, internal bleeding (commonly seen in traumas sustained in side-impact crashes)

Abdominal Injuries

Clinical Characteristics of

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Thoracic Injuries Abdominal Injuries Extremity Injuries Pelvic BoneFractures

Head Injuries Spine Injuries

Accompanying Injuries

Source: NCBI

Head & Brain Injuries

Traumatic Brain Injury

Concussions

Axonal Shear Brain Injuries

Facial Damage

Symptoms of TBI

• Confusion• Headaches• Blurry Vision• Blurred Vision• Dizziness• Fatigue• Difficulty Concentrating

Car Accidents & TBI

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

• About 2 million Americans per year experience TBI.

• 14.3% caused by traffic accidents and 40.5% caused by falls.

• Even low-speed car accidents can result in TBI.

Source: Brain Injury Society

Some of the Latest Medical

Research On Brain Injury

A 2011 study (Komrad, C et al.):mild TBI victims had significant impairments in cognitive domains

A review of 25 years of treating survivors of brain injury: brain injury is a chronic ongoing process rather then a one time injury, as traditionally thought.

Source: BrainInjury.com

Some of the Latest Medical

Research About Brain Injury

A review of the literature done in the journal Brain Injury (2007) shows:TBI population often suffers from an impairment of their ability to determine the emotion of others from facial expressions.

A large percentage of those with mild or moderate brain injury can suffer from sleep apnea

Skeletal Injuries & Bone

Fractures

Spinal Injuries

Collar Bone Breaks

Hip/Pelvis Fractures

Feet, Hands & Limbs

Car Accidents Resulting In

Spinal Cord Injuries

According to the National Spinal Cord Injury Database:

• Motor vehicle accidents have accounted for more than a third of all reported cases of spinal cord injury

Source: Spine Universe

Car Accidents & Spinal

Cord Injuries

According to the National Crash Severity Study:

• One in 300 occupants sustained a neck injury of a severe nature.

• The neck-injury rate rose to one in 14 occupants for those ejected from their cars.

• Severe neck injuries were common in frontal and side impacts.

• Most of the neck injuries of a more severe nature involved the cervical spine or spinal cord.

Source: Journal of Neurosurgery

Car Accidents & Spinal

Cord Injuries

According to (study): “Spinal Injury Patterns Resulting From Car and Motorcycle Accidents”

• Spinal injury occurred in 11.2% motorcyclists and 14.1% car occupants.

• Isolated spinal injuries occurred in 23.8% motorcyclists and 33.9% car occupants.

• The thoracic spine was most commonly injured in motorcyclists (54.8%), and the cervical spine was most commonly injured in car occupants (50.7%).

An accident participant who has been hurt can seek financial compensation in court from the responsible party via legal action.

Compensation for Motor

Vehicle Accident Injuries

Lawsuit Damages

• Medical Expenses• Lost Wages• Non-economic factors like pain and

suffering

** Punitive damages may be available in certain cases **

Compensatory damages are calculated to include:

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