People don’t want to go to a hospital emergency room (ER), but when they do, they expect an accurate diagnosis. Once they’ve been seen by a doctor, patients expect to have answers and an understanding of their illness or injury. However, sometimes the medical personnel in the ER don’t provide a correct diagnosis. While emergency room doctors are skilled and…
Brain injuries and trauma have varying degrees of severity that can range from minor concussions to devastating brain damage. When the trauma is severe, it’s quite common for communication problems to develop. These problems impair the victim’s brain’s ability to communicate with his body, thus leaving him unable to communicate with the world. When someone can’t communicate with the world,…
Is your phone permanently attached to your hand? Can you not go 30 minutes without checking it for messages and status updates? Do you have to respond to a text immediately after hearing the “ding?” Does this need follow you when you’re behind the wheel? If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, you may have a bigger problem…
When car accidents occur, one person or multiple people can be found at fault for the collision. When someone is at fault for a crash, he or she is referred to as the negligent party (or the responsible party). For example, if someone caused a wreck because he or she was drunk, the collision could be blamed on that person’s…
Children are injured every day doing normal activities—playing their favorite sports, climbing on a play structure at the park, and skateboarding or rollerblading. While injuries can range in severity, one of the most serious for children is a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and can often be missed by doctors. Reasons That Brain Injuries Go Undetected in Children The following are…
During childbirth, many women opt for drugs to ease their painful contractions, and anesthesiologists are the doctors to administer the different types of anesthesia medications. Unfortunately, even highly-trained anesthesiologists can make a mistake during the childbirth process and injure the mother, the baby, or both. Mistakes can be made when an anesthesiologist gives an epidural to a woman during a…
If you have suffered a spinal cord injury in DC area, your life will very likely be changed forever. Victims will often suffer paraplegia, quadriplegia, or even total paralysis as a result of these injuries – and unfortunately, many will have to suffer the overwhelming financial costs associated with them. Coping With a Spinal Cord Injury In the moments after a car accident,…
The birth of a baby is an exciting times for parents who hope that their children will be born healthy. While many births go smoothly, some births are complicated and traumatic and may require an emergency cesarean section. Some babies suffer serious injuries at birth, such as brain injuries. Even if all goes well during labor and delivery, a baby…
People go to emergency rooms (ER) to seek relief from their pain, trusting doctors will diagnose their medical conditions correctly and provide timely treatment. Unfortunately, some doctors fail to recognize common symptoms or misdiagnose health conditions. Sometimes when an injury or ailment is overlooked or not diagnosed correctly, it can mean the difference between life and death. This is sadly…
If you have suffered paralysis after a serious accident in DC, you are probably overwhelmed by questions: How am I supposed to pay medical bills when I can’t work? Should I sue the person who caused the accident? And perhaps most importantly, How can I tell who is responsible for my suffering? The attorneys at Shevlin Smith want you to…