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Links to Helpful Information for People Injured by Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents or Other Forms of Negligence in Virginia or Washington D.C.

Shevlin Smith is committed to helping people who have been hurt in car and truck accidents, by medical malpractice, or through other means of negligence obtain the fullest possible recovery. This page contains links to other resources that are often useful for our clients.

Medical Malpractice

American Medical Association: This link into the American Medical Association site is for patients seeking information about physicians and specific medical conditions. Through this link, patients have access to select medical journals and publications that address specific medical issues and specific medical conditions.
Virginia State Board of Medicine: This site will tell you whether your doctor is licensed to practice medicine in Virginia; whether your doctor has been disciplined by the Board of Medicine; and, in many cases (but not all) whether your doctor has been sued successfully for medical malpractice.
National Cancer Institute: The National Cancer website provides vital information about types of cancer, cancer reseach and cancer clinical trials.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations: The Joint Commission (formerly known as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, or the JCAHO) is accredits and certifies more than 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. Its mission is to "continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations." Its website contains valuable information such as quality reports for participating healthcare organizations and patient education materials.
The American Heart Association: The American Heart Association's mission is "Building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke." Its goal is to reduce coronary heart disease, stroke and risk by 25 percent by 2010. Its website is a wonderful resource for information and ideas that can help individuals reduce their risk.
Mayo Clinic Health Information System: MayoClinic.com gives users access to the experience and knowledge of the more than 3,000 physicians and scientists from the Mayo Clinic for fast answers about health conditions ranging from common to complex.
Cleveland Clinic Health Information System: This Web site is produced by the Cleveland Clinic Department of Patient Education and Health Information. It is our goal to promote education, inquiry and the well-being of our patients and visitors by providing the most timely, appropriate and useful health information available.
PubMed Central: NIH's free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

Car / Truck Accidents

2006 Statistics for Virginia Motor Vehicle Accidents: In 2006, there were 42,642 fatalities in the United States resulting from motor vehicle accidents. In Virginia, there were 963. This site shows all of the statistics relating to Virginia motor vehicle accidents involving a fatality.
Truck Accident Legal Center: Truck Accident Legal Center provides in-depth information to truck accident victims including immediate steps after a truck accident. We are helping you reassemble your life by being aware of your rights and by assisting you in getting the best possible compensation.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: The FMCSA develops and enforces data-driven regulations that balance motor carrier (truck and bus companies) safety with industry efficiency; harnesses safety information systems to focus on higher risk carriers in enforcing the safety regulations; targets educational messages to carriers, commercial drivers, and the public; and partners with stakeholders including Federal, State, and local enforcement agencies, the motor carrier industry, safety groups, and organized labor on efforts to reduce bus and truck-related crashes. Its website is a wonderful resource for rules, regulations, facts and research relating to large truck and bus safety issues.
Truck Safety Coalition: The Truck Safety Coalition is a partnership between The Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH) Foundation, and Parents Against Tired Truckers (P.A.T.T). The Truck Safety Coalition is dedicated to reducing the number of deaths and injuries caused by truck-related crashes, providing compassionate support to truck crash survivors and families of truck crash victims, and educating the public, policy-makers and media about truck safety issues.
NHTSA Crash Avoidance Research Technical Publications: The Research and Development department of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminsitration engages in extensive research, development, testing, crash investigation, and data collection and analysis activities. This website lists many of its publications.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: The mission of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is to "save lives, prevent injuries and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes, through education, research, safety standards and enforcement activity." Its website is a wonderful resource for information directed to advancing this mission.
National Transportation Safety Board: The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent Federal agency charged by Congress with investigating every civil aviation accident in the United States and significant accidents in the other modes of transportation -- railroad, highway, marine and pipeline -- and issuing safety recommendations aimed at preventing future accidents.
Child Passenger Safety Tips from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: NHTSA seeks to ensure that all children ages 0-16 are properly restrained in the correct restraint system for their age and size every time they travel in a motor vehicle. This site is a wonderful educational tool for ensuring child passenger safety.

Birth Injuries

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD) was initially established to investigate broad aspects of human development as a means of understanding developmental disabilities, including mental retardation, and the events that occur during pregnancy. Today, it conducts and supports research on all stages of human development, from preconception to adulthood, to better understand the health of children, adults, families, and communities. Its mission is to ensure that every person is born healthy and wanted, that women suffer no harmful effects from reproductive processes, and that all children have the chance to achieve their full potential for healthy and productive lives. Its website is a robust resource for research and data on issues relating to pregnancy, childbirth and child development.
Cerebral Palsy Information: An overview of health and legal issues relating to cerebral palsy
Center for Disease Control: Birth injury information by the Center for Disease Control
Well Child Care in the U.S.
Brachial Plexus Injury Information from National Institute of Health: An overview of health issues relating to brachial plexus injuries

Brain Injuries

Centre for Neuro Skills: The Centre for Neuro Skills was founded in 1980. Its mission is "to reduce disability, maximize independence, and achieve the maximum possible quality of life for clients who have suffered brain injury within the client existing financial constraints." Its website provides information and additional resources for people who have personally suffered a brain injury, or who have had a loved one suffer a brain injury.
Northern Virginia Brain Injury Association: The Northern Virginia Brain Injury Association (NVBIA) is a non-profit organization whose mission
is to improve the quality of life of brain injury survivors and to promote the prevention of brain injury. Its website is a terrific resource for information concerning brain injury, treatment and prevention.
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation: For each of the last three years, Kessler Institute has been named one of the nation's top 2 Rehabilitation Hospitals. It is recognized for its level of care for patients who have suffered traumatic brain injuries. If you or a someone close to you has suffered a brain injury, this website will hopefully provide you with answers to some of the many questions you are facing.
Brain Injury Association of America: Founded in 1980, the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) is the leading national organization serving and representing individuals, families and professionals who are touched by a life-altering, often devastating, traumatic brain injury (TBI). Together with its network of more than 40 chartered state affiliates, as well as hundreds of local chapters and support groups across the country, the BIAA provides information, education and support to assist the 5.3 million Americans currently living with traumatic brain injury and their families.
Harvard Medical School - Whole Brain Atlas: This site is a collection of MR images of the brain. It shows images of the normal brain and the diseased brain including cerebrovascular disease, neoplastic disease, degenerative disease, and inflammatory/infectious disease. For the lay user, the neuroimaging primer explains some of the different tools used to collect these images. For the more sophisticated, the site provides tours that demonstrate and explain the progression of brain injury and disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, brain tumors, and herpes encephalitis.

Spinal Cord Injuries

The Miami Project To Cure Paralysis: The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis is the world's largest comprehensive spinal cord injury (SCI) research center. It is dedicated to finding more effective treatments and, ultimately, a cure for paralysis.
National Spinal Cord Injury Association: Founded in 1948, the NSCIA is the nation's oldest and largest civilian organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for hundreds of thousands of Americans living with the results of spinal cord injury and disease (SCI/D) and their families. Its website is an invaluable resource for health, legal and research issues relating to spinal cord injury and disease.
Medical Article: "Repairing the Damaged Spinal Cord": Dr. John W. MacDonald and the Research Consortium of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation write about the significant advances in the understanding of spinal cord injuries and new approaches for the treatment of spinal cord injuries.
Spinal Research: Spinal Research is the United Kingdom’s leading charity funding medical research around the world to develop reliable treatments for paralysis caused by a broken back or neck. Its website provides valuable information concerning the nature of spinal cord injuries, treatment for such injuries and new areas of research that will hopefully lead to even better treatment protocols.

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Civil damage lawsuits and criminal law deaths, OWI and drunk driving

Criminal law often intersects with personal injury work, workers' compensation and other areas where injury and unemployment happen. As a guest blogger, Todd Miler is experienced in this area, cares about his clients and doing the best job for the person who has been arrested. If you have been arrested or charged with OWI, DWI or drunk driving and need direction or advice visit this webpage.

Call for a consultation and a referral. Steve Lombardi 515-222-1110 or 800-383-0331. Use email if easier: sdlombardi@aol.com

Here is what I can do for you. I have asked several attorneys who handle problems for clients in the area of criminal law to design a plan of action, forms and an outline of what you can expect when charged with OWI in Iowa. I've asked them to tell me what's involved with their handling criminal cases in central Iowa with an emphasis on OWI cases. With the economy in a recession I've clients who are under a great deal of stress and have been arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol. These people, people just like you, need help after OWI or OMVUI charges are filed by the County Attorney's office. So give me a call and I'll refer you to one of several attorneys who can handle your OWI case. We will concentrate on cases in Polk, Warren, Jasper, Story, Boone, Dallas, Madison, Guthrie, Adair and Marion; but they will take other counties if a higher fee can be worked out.

In these cases the attorneys do a lot of the same things but every case is different and some present a greater degree of difficulty than others do. But we are here to help and talk to you about a flat fee.

Call for a consultation and a referral. Steve Lombardi 515-222-1110 or 800-383-0331. Use email if easier: sdlombardi@aol.com

We are adding forms and other Iowa OWI forms and information to assist you in understanding the process so that when we represent a client they have some things to review that will make your experience in the criminal law system as painless as is possible.

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