The impact of a serious automobile accident could seriously burn, tear or otherwise severely damage part of your skin. If it is not possible for your skin to heal, your doctors may inform you that you need skin grafting to try to restore the ravaged area of your body....
Serious And Catastrophic Injuries
Car crashes, traumatic brain injuries and children
If you are the parent of a young child, you could have various concerns. Aside from academic issues, financial worries and other hurdles that many parents have to deal with, some families face serious challenges as a result of a car accident that left their child...
Recovering from a serious car crash as an older adult
When it comes to driving, it is especially vital to understand the risks you face on the road as an older adult. Every year, traffic accidents cause serious hardships for older drivers and passengers involved in accidents, as well as their families. Unfortunately,...
The complex process of recovering from a spinal cord injury
Major travel routes throughout North Carolina accommodate thousands of big trucks every day. These commercial vehicles are 30 to 40 times heavier than a sedan when loaded. Injuries sustained in a collision with tractor-trailers often have devastating, life-altering...
Can a TBI change your personality?
A traumatic brain injury may completely change the future you envisioned for your life. Learning to cope with the changes you experience as a result of your injury may take time and patience. Due to the central role that your brain plays in the function of your body,...
What treatment options exist for traumatic brain injury victims?
A traumatic brain injury can upend your life and make even the simplest of daily tasks difficult, if not impossible. These injuries oftentimes include physical, emotional, and psychological consequences, all of which can leave you or your loved one utterly devastated....
Significant costs often accompany traumatic brain injuries
Traumatic brain injuries can be sustained through many different types of personal injury accidents. Raleigh residents may suffer significant harm to their heads and brains when they are involved in motor vehicle accidents and workplace incidents. Though some injuries...
What are the costs of living with a spinal cord injury?
Perhaps one of the most devastating injuries a person in Raleigh can suffer in a car accident is a spinal cord injury. In fact, the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center reports that each year 12,500 individuals survive spinal cord injuries, and 38% of these...
Tips for living with a newfound disability
A motor vehicle accident can be life-changing. For many victims, a car accident leaves them with serious injuries that are difficult to recover from, and the recovery process can be quite extended. This is especially true for those who have ended up with a disability...
Trucker recovering from catastrophic injuries
Bailey Rhodes, 21, is lucky to be alive. The 21-year-old truck driver came home for Christmas after spending a month at WakeMed for extensive surgeries due to catastrophic injuries suffered when he was hit by a speeding car. Rhodes was unloading cars from his...