If you suffer any break to your cranial bone, it is a skull fracture. The most common cause of a skull fracture is a blow to the head. Car accidents often cause enough force upon impact to crack the skull. Sometimes, a skull fracture can include a brain injury, but...
Catastrophic Injuries
Breaking down the Glasgow Coma Scale
Anytime you have a loved one that suffers through a serious accident in Pasadena, you are no doubt grateful for the fact that they survive. That gratitude might be slightly tempered, however, if you learn that they have sustained a traumatic brain injury. Many in...
Spinal cord injuries: Depression can make life more complicated
A spinal cord injury has various impacts on the victim. One that most people won't think about is the mental effect that a catastrophic injury has on them. Dealing with this impact can be a challenge, but it isn't impossible as long as you are up for putting forth the...
Catastrophic injuries are costly, compensation might help
People who are involved in accidents can suffer from a host of injuries. Some of these are worse than others, and they are known as catastrophic injuries. These are injuries that have a host of impacts on a person's life. They are sometimes temporary, but they can...
Lesser known impacts of spinal cord injuries
Thinking about a spinal cord injury often conjures up thoughts of paralysis. What many people don't realize is that there are many things that happen beyond the inability to move the arms and legs that can occur in these cases. Sometimes, these are the effects that...
Know your options for dealing with catastrophic injuries
A catastrophic injury can change the course of your life. It will impact your ability to live as you always have. It might even mean that you are unable to work. Because of this, you might choose to seek compensation after the accident. Compensation can help you to...
Type of spinal cord injury can impact recovery
A spinal cord injury must be taken seriously so that you don't make it any worse. You have to find out as much as you can about the injury you have because you might need the information in the future. One instance in which this might be helpful is if you are working...
Function recovery is possible in some spinal cord injuries
Spinal cord injuries are serious matters, but they aren't all the same. There are two classifications of this type of injury that all damage falls into. The first is that you have a complete spinal cord injury. This means that the spinal cord is damaged in a way that...
Catastrophic injuries can be difficult to define
Just about any serious injury can feel catastrophic to the victim. However, no widely-accepted legal definition for catastrophic injuries exists at this time. Despite the lack of a definition, many lawyers view catastrophic injuries as those that have a long-lasting...
Look to the future after negligent catastrophic injuries occur
Finding a definition of what makes injuries catastrophic is practically impossible. Some victims might be so grateful to have survived a car accident that they view serious injuries as minor compared with the possibility of death. On the other hand, parents caring for...