After hitting your head, you may deal with head trauma and brain injury. Unfortunately, brain injury - especially traumatic injury - can impact you in the long and short term. But how do TBIs affect you, exactly? Is it worse in the long or short term? How long does...
Year: 2021
A minor car crash can leave you with a major medical bill
Many times people simply walk away from a minor vehicle crash, such as a rear-end collision. Outside of frayed nerves and a bit of soreness, they insist they feel fine. However, symptoms of an underlying injury may not appear for hours, if not days, so prompt medical...
Delaware among deadliest states for pedestrians
Walking, rather than driving, is good for your body, and it also helps lower your carbon footprint. Walking in Delaware is particularly dangerous, though, with the state now ranking second in the nation in terms of the number of pedestrians who die on its roads....
What should I do if I’m injured lifting a patient?
As a health care patient support worker, you probably are no stranger to the dangers of working in your field. You may usually take preventative measures to avoid occupational musculoskeletal injuries. But now that you have a back injury from lifting patients, you may...
What should you do if there is a problem at the nursing home?
When your loved one lives in a nursing home, you want to make sure that he or she receives excellent care. Sometimes, nursing homes may not deliver the quality care that you expect. When this happens, you may need to step in. If you suspect there is a problem, there...
Construction site negligence can contribute to scaffold injuries
Delaware construction sites are dangerous working environments, with dozens of workers completing many tasks simultaneously, both on the ground and up on scaffolds. Staying on budget and within the timeframe allotted can put stress on employers and create an unsafe...
The unappreciated risk of eating while driving
Were one to ask drivers in Delaware what are the greatest threats they face on the road, distracted drivers would likely be among the responses. Yet when people think of drowsy drivers, they probably only envision a person texting or talking on their cell phone while...
What is reckless driving in Delaware?
Drivers cannot avoid some auto accidents. Other collisions, however, occur because of dangerous driver behavior. If you or a loved one suffered a serious car accident injury, review the actions considered reckless driving in Delaware if you think another motorist...
Teach teenage employees to avoid slip-and-falls
Slips and falls can happen anywhere, but they may be especially prevalent inside restaurants. Many teenagers work in food service for their first job. Restaurant managers need to make sure that their youngest and most inexperienced employees know how to maintain a...
Why having passengers increases crash risks for teen drivers
Delaware drivers have no choice but to share the roads with teenage drivers, but research shows many of them are engaging in dangerous driving behaviors that endanger you and everyone else they encounter. The sheer fact that teen drivers lack the experience older...