When most people worry about a loved one suffering an injury in a nursing home or other care facility, they imagine bone fractures, head injuries, spinal cord damage and other harm that can happen in a fall. While these are certainly all potential dangers, some...
Personal Injury
What next after a motorcycle accident with a stray animal?
The kind of accident can happen in seconds. Picture this: you are riding your motorcycle, focused and alert, then suddenly, an animal darts into the road. You swerve or hit the brakes, but sometimes it is too late. Accidents involving animals are more common than many...
What makes a comminuted fracture a severe injury?
People don't always consider fractures or broken bones as dangerous as they really are. After all, most people are aware that medical professionals can set broken bones. They may immediately assume after learning that they broke a bone that they should undergo...
Why do drivers pass too close to bicyclists?
Many drivers get far too close to cyclists when they pass them. Under Indiana law, drivers need to give a buffer space of 3 feet. If there’s not sufficient space to pass safely, they need to wait behind the bicycle until there is enough room. In practicality, though,...
Is lane filtering legal in Indiana?
Lane filtering, also known as lane splitting, is a tactic sometimes used by motorcyclists. If they’re driving in heavy traffic and cars and trucks start to slow down or even come to a stop, motorcyclists will filter up to the front of the line. They do this by driving...
What are the different types of spinal cord injuries in truck accidents?
Truck accidents represent some of the most devastating collisions on roadways due to the extreme size and weight disparities between commercial trucks and passenger vehicles. When these massive vehicles collide with smaller cars, the occupants of the smaller vehicle...
How a traumatic brain injury can change your personality
One potential outcome of suffering a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is that it could alter your personality moving forward. This can have a major impact on things like your career, your relationship with your spouse and much more. But why does this happen? In some...
Did a loved one’s nursing home fall cause a spinal cord injury?
As we’ve discussed here in the past, one of more serious risks of falls for seniors in nursing homes (and in general) is that they’ll suffer a hip fracture. Of course, falls can also cause other serious – and potentially life-threatening – conditions like brain...
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