Accidents Could Cause Brain Injuries

One of the most fragile parts of our body is the human brain.  Despite a sense of extreme resilience, a traumatic brain injury can be quite damaging.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 1.7 million Americans suffer from a traumatic brain injury every year.  Of these people who have suffered a brain injury, they are caused by the following sources:

• Slip and fall 35.2%
• Traffic accidents 17.3%
• Struck by an object 16.5%
• Assault and battery 10%

As these figures suggest, traumatic events such as accidents can leave lasting impressions on a person, notably in the form of a traumatic brain injury. Because no two brain injuries are alike, the symptoms and varied trauma could produce very different consequences for accident victims.

Symptoms of Brain Injury

Brain injuries fall into a sliding scale of physical and physiological effects.  Depending on the severity of symptoms, a brain injury could be classified as mild, moderate, or severe.  A traumatic brain injury, for example, is severe.  If you have suffered an accident, you could be experiencing signs of brain injury which could include: 

• loss of consciousness
• loss of motor skills
• headache
• concentration or memory difficulties
• nausea or vomiting
• slurred speech
• numbness in your extremities
• seizures, convulsions
• fluids draining from your nose or ears (clear fluids which could be mistaken for a runny nose)

Accident victims should take special care to see a doctor immediately after an accident.  If you have experienced these symptoms, you could have suffered a brain injury, which would require medical treatment. Following a diagnosis of brain injury, you should contact a skilled personal injury attorney in order to recover the damages you need to pay your medical bills. When you contact a personal injury attorney, they can help you to recover monetary compensation to help you. 

Bizarre Train Death Poses Question Whether We Need Barriers Between Trains

New York has had some bizarre accidents and attacks, but a recent incident is causing people to shake their heads in awe.  Apparently, a woman rose from a bench in the subway system to shove a man walking by onto the train tracks.  The man was of course pinned beneath the train and died.

But without a woman to question, there is only speculation.  Was this on purpose? Was this the act of a deranged or mentally ill woman?  There are just no answers to explain what happened.

As leaders debate whether this can be traced to policy changes which emptied out psychiatric wards onto the streets, it's clear that something needs to be done to create a barrier between the trains and people on the platforms.  According to the Washington Post, there are many individuals who find themselves on train tracks every year due to accidents like losing balance and falling.

Should there be a barrier between the train and the platform?

Millions of people use the New York subway system on a yearly basis without incident.  But to the unlucky few who have an accident and fall onto those tracks, a barrier of some sort may be the thing to save their lives.  Imagine if there were a rising concrete wall that separated the platform and the tracks below.  Small children, elderly, those of us who don't have good balance could all rest a little easier knowing there was something there to catch us and prevent us from hurling over the edge and onto the tracks.

Train deaths are excruciating.  Not only do people get pinned beneath tons of metal, they are burned, mangled, and mauled.  The stress to the body is immense. If these kinds of accidents are preventable, shouldn't the City at least try?

Accidents are unfortunately an unavoidable fact of life.  If you have suffered an accident, you should consult a skilled personal injury attorney to determine whether or not you can collect compensation for your injuries.