Common Injuries from Rollover Crashes
When a vehicle turns over on its roof or side the car accident is considered a rollover. Many experts believe that rollover accidents are being more and more common these days because more and more drivers are opting for bigger and taller Sport Utility Vehicles and light weight trucks. Have you or someone you love sustained an injury in a rollover accident? If you have been involved in a rollover accident, it is essential that you contact a personal injury lawyer in South Florida. A personal injury lawyer can assist you with your personal injury claim and help you get a complete understanding of your rights under the law. At Suarez & Montero Car Accident Attorneys, our clients know they can trust our team of highly experienced and well-informed car accident attorneys to deliver the type of aggressive legal representation needed to take on insurance companies.
Types of Injuries in Rollover Accidents
Spinal Cord Injury: A spinal cord injury can be extremely damaging and can take a long time to heal properly. Spinal cord injuries can result in a broken back or fractured spine; a herniation or compression injury; loss of bladder or bowel control; paralysis; paraplegia; quadriplegia; or even death.
Concussions: The most common type of brain injury caused by rollover accidents are simply concussions. After a rollover accident, a concussion may occur. The likelihood depends completely on the force of the impact. Most concussions do not require major medical treatment or surgery. The most common symptom are headaches which can be treated easily with pain relievers. However, some concussions can be more severe. The first degree of concussion usually passes undetected and is manifested only by a paralysis of short duration. This is the type of concussion often seen in prize fighters or in football players, who are rendered unconscious for a few moments. This is usually followed by acute dizziness, sometimes followed by nausea, and vomiting. The second degree of cerebral concussion is one in which the injured individual is only dazed or stunned. The third degree represents the state generally considered as concussion, in which there is a transitory loss of consciousness. The duration of unconsciousness may last for several minutes or for longer; however, there is usually progressive improvement. The fourth degree applies to patients who regain consciousness more slowly after an interval ranging from one to six hours in length. While there may be some slight degree of bleeding between the surface of the brain and its covering membranes, the brain itself is not grossly damaged.
Contusions: Another injury commonly sustained in rollover accidents are contusions to the head. Most contusions heal after a few days along with some anti-inflammatory medication to ease the inflammation and reduce swelling in the head. Additionally, another common brain injury that occurs in many car accidents is called diffused axonal. This occurs when the head is rotated in a forceful manner. The abrupt rotation of the head tears the structure of the brain and causes swelling of the brain if left untreated. In some instances, steroids are administered to patients to reduce the swelling. But there is no surgery available to those who have suffer a diffused axonal injury. Unfortunately, in serious cases, it can result in death.
Neck and Back Injury: A neck and back injury usually involves some type of injury to the spinal column. It can range from a situation where an injured victim may feel inflammation or in more severe injuries, the victim may feel pinched nerves which is far more painful.
Lacerations: Among the most common injuries sustained to the head are lacerations to the scalp-a tear or wound in the soft tissue or skin. These scalp lacerations may or may not mean that there is also any underlying injury to the skull or brain. Transverse lacerations occur when the tissue or skin is torn in a crosswise fashion causing severance of some of the nerves of the scalp, which may cause the patient to suffer indefinitely or permanently from a numb area of the scalp. These patients will often complain of a headache; however, when they are closely questioned, the headache is subsequently described as a dull, cold, peculiar feeling at the site of the laceration, which is tolerated well in many individuals but gives distress in others.
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