Your baby is the one who is hurt. It is your child who will need medical treatment and it is your child who will suffer the physical and emotional pain of a birth injury. However, your baby is unable to understand the court system, file…
Trucks and pedestrians must share the road in some situations. Whether the truck is on a local road to make a delivery, in a rest stop parking lot, or exiting the highway, a pedestrian may be in the same area. When a trucker is negligent…
There are many types of injuries that can result from car crashes. You may have anticipated a broken bone, whiplash, or even a head injury, but you may not have known about compartment syndrome until it happened to you. What Is Compartment Syndrome? A compartment…
Pelvic fractures are dangerous injuries for senior citizens. A study published in a 2002 edition of the journal Surgery found that elderly people who suffer pelvic fractures are more likely to experience longer hospital stays and have an increased risk of death than younger people…
You may have heard scary words being used by your nurses or doctors during labor or delivery. Terms such as fetal distress, hypoxia, asphyxia, non-reassuring fetal status, fetal tachycardia, bradycardia, repetitive variable decelerations, low biophysical profile, and late decelerations could have meant that your baby was in…
Complex regional pain syndrome is a complicated, chronic, and painful condition that can develop after an injury. It can significantly impact your quality of life and your daily activities. Therefore, if a doctor mentions complex regional pain syndrome to you after a car crash, it…