Archive for May 2014
The Vulnerably Housed and Homeless Suffer Increased Risk of TBI
Typically, traumatic brain injury (TBI) coverage focuses on those involved in contact sports and on military veterans. However, TBI also seriously affects vulnerably housed individuals and the homeless. The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation recently featured a study arguing that the homeless who suffer TBI have a strong, negative impact on public expenses. Homeless and unsafely…
Read MoreBrain Injuries: Invisible Injury
CBS Boston ran a story about one of the Boston Marathon survivors. Titled “Marathon Bombing Survivor Struggles With ‘Invisible Injury’,” it describes what many of our brain injured clients have to deal with. If you or a loved one has suffered from a concussion or other brain injury, it’s worth a watch:
Read MoreNational Safe Boating Week: Choosing The Right Life Jacket
It’s not enough to have the life jacket. You need to make sure you have the right life jacket for your size, your activities, and the water conditions you might be encountering. The Safe Boating Council has these guidelines: Try It On Check the manufacturer’s ratings for your size and weight. Make sure the life…
Read MoreNational Safe Boating Week: The Statistics
Why is Safe Boating Week important? Here are the statistics from the Safe Boating Council. All figures are from the U.S. Coast Guard’s 2012 Recreational Boating Safety Statistics, the latest official record of reported recreational boating accidents. The full report is available online at: www.USCGBoating.org/statistics/accident_statistics.aspx. Drowning was reported as the cause of death in almost…
Read MoreTexas oil workers have a high accident and death rate
Although the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was horrific for platform workers, and those who lost loved ones, riggers on land are at an even greater risk, without much of a support system for them. According to a recent drilling article in the Houston Chronicle, workers have no one to rely on…
Read MoreNational Safe Boating Week: Wear Your Life Jacket
I’m going to talk about statistics later in the week, but I wanted to start with the most important safety advice for boating: WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKET. U.S. Coast Guard statistics show that drowning was the reported cause of death in almost three-fourths of recreational boating fatalities in 2012 and that 85 percent of those…
Read MoreNational Safe Boating Week Is Here
This year, May 17-23 is National Safe Boating Week. Having represented those involved in boating and water based accidents, I know the importance of these safety measures. Over the course of the week, I’ll have a few posts detailing the dangers and safety measures related to safe boating. For today, I’ll give you the big…
Read MoreFirst Summer Drowning Of The Year?
I’m in the process of getting organized to help teach a bunch of Boy Scouts about water safety for their swimming merit badge class. And it appears that the lessons are as important as ever. It’s not even mid-May yet, and Austin has apparently had its first summer drowning. Earlier this week a 28 year…
Read MoreGreat News! Number of High School Athletes With Concussions Doubles
Concussions are on the rise. New research published in the Journal of Sports Medicine finds that the number of high school athletes who have suffered a concussion has doubled between 2005 to 2012. This is great news! Why? Researchers think the reality is that the number of concussions is the same, but we’re becoming much…
Read MoreOil Boom Related Trucking Deaths Continue
I’ve been writing for almost two years about the driving dangers created by the Texas oil boom, especially those dangers in the Eagle Ford Shale region. A new article about the increase of road deaths from the energy boom has me thinking about it again. In the article, the Karnes County Sheriff noted that historically,…
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