Is it really so unreasonable to expect someone who is working in an Emergency Room, to know a few simple things about concussion and amnesia. Here is what it says in the medical record I am reviewing now, a record from an emergency room, three days post accident: “This patient..
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“It isn’t fair, I got hurt, what do you mean you don’t want my case?” I wish I could help everyone. I feel bad when I can’t. A million concussions a year in this country, conservatively 150,000 people disabled as a result. That would make me a very busy man...
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Editor’s note: Cindy is an amazing person, whose life was terribly changed by a an accident she suffered. She was brilliant, and still is one of the most creative and interesting thinkers I know. Yet: I’ve been following this discussion regarding terminology and it has generated a lot of thoughts..
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“No objective evidence of injury.” The defense argument that there is “no objective evidence of injury” is so predictable in every brain injury case, it is a tactic I try to attack from all angles. Imaging studies are not our only objective findings in medicine. We also accept the “footprint..
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Every day, I encounter another example, either in the calls we get from our websites, or in the news media, or some where else, as to how Doctors don’t ever consider the potential for brain damage in the differential diagnosis. While it isn’t a real world example, this one is..
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I just got an interesting email from Jayne: Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:S * Ask the individual to SMILE.T * Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS. If..
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I have dealt with the semantics of what to call someone who suffered brain damage after an accident or injury as long as I have been represented such individuals. When I first started, there was an organization called the NHIF, National Head Injury Foundation. Then it was deemed inaccurate, or..
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Editors Note: Two days ago, my paralegal Jayne wrote a Blog on how potential clients should interact with a law firm when they are trying to get them to take their case. I then asked a former client to write the counterpoint to Jayne’s Blog: how she thought a law..
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The death of Korean boxer Choi Yo-sam eight days after he fell into a coma, after winning his last fight is significant, not just because of the barbarity of allowing the sport of Boxing to exist. It is also significant because it is the ultimate demonstration that a person does..
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