Did you know if you cycle in a densely populated area, you’re at a higher risk of being in a bicycle accident and sustaining a head injury? If you’ve been in a bicycle accident and have had a head injury, here is everything you need to know. Head Injuries Are Common In Bicycle Accidents After crashing their …
Swimming Pools: A Summer Staple Swimming pools are a summertime staple, providing a setting for fun, fitness, and family time. But they can be wildly unsafe. The CDC reports that between 2005 and 2014, there were on average 3,536 fatal accidental drownings annually in the United States, which is around ten fatalities per day. Swimming …
With warmer weather comes more motorcyclists on the road. It’s important to refresh on safety and injury-prevention techniques to keep from getting into a motorcycle accident. See below for a few tips and tricks to keep your summer injury free. 5 Motorcyclist Safety Tips In a perfect world, drivers follow all necessary safety precautions to avoid …
Medical malpractice is a relatively broad term encompassing a wide range of negligent behaviors. It occurs whenever a medical professional, such as a doctor, nurse, naturopath, chiropractor, dentist, or other, fails to provide an acceptable standard of care and, as a result, the patient is injured. The American Medical Association reports one in three healthcare …
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April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, which reminds drivers to eliminate unnecessary distractions to protect themselves and everyone else on the road from a serious or fatal motor vehicle accident. Distraction is dangerous. According to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, 8,000 motorists in Oklahoma suffered an injury due to distracted driving accidents between 2017 and 2021. …
Nursing negligence is a form of medical malpractice resulting in severe or fatal harm to the patient. The most common examples of nursing negligence is failure to adequately monitor a patient, track vital signs and watch for signs of distress. Other examples of nursing negligence include: Improper medication (over/under-medication, wrong drug, wrong route of administration, etc.) Failure …
Voice-activated technology, such as talk-to-text, is now a standard feature in most vehicles. Intended to prevent distracted driving accidents, these technologies have evolved over the years to control multiple vehicle functions. Sadly, while intended to make driving safer, studies have found these technologies are also distracting and present risk. What are the Different Types of Distraction? …
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Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is a federal program funded through payroll taxes. It provides financial assistance to individuals with medical conditions preventing them from working in any significant capacity for at least one year. You only qualify for SSDI eligibility if you pay social security taxes. Additional qualifications for SSDI rely on meeting the …
Workers’ compensation, often shortened to workers’ comp, is a type of no-fault insurance carried by employers to cover the wages and medical expenses of injured workers. Employers in Oklahoma are required to carry this insurance, with a few exceptions. Worker’s comp provides monetary compensation for wages lost due to injury, but only up to a point. …
When people think of someone receiving workers’ compensation, they might picture a construction worker injured by a piece of equipment, or a nurse who damaged her shoulder transporting a patient. Workers’ compensation covers all kinds of employees who get injured on the job – but historically the injury happened in a traditional workplace, not at …
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