Today on May 5, 2017 there has been a tragic death that occurred at around 7:30 pm. Joshua Oertel was killed by a drunk driver. Josh was just getting off of work a few hours before this all happened. He went over to his mom's house to say hi then afterwards he went on a walk with his brother. As Josh and his brother were on their walk, that is when Josh got hit by the drunk driver.…
This essay will be focusing on the case study of Taylor. Taylor is 25 year old man who had a very bad motor vehicle accident and he sustained moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) and incomplete c6 spinal cord injury (SCI).SCI affects the conduction of sensory and motor signals across the sites of lesions. It can be either complete or incomplete injuries. In complete injury outcome in total loss of movement and sensation below the point of damage and incomplete injury there will be still a few function below the level of injury is retrained. (McDonald & Sadowsky, 2002).…
Jackson Taylor, who is a 16-month old, was seriously injured in a car accident. His head was detached from his body during the accident. A vehicle he was riding in crashed into another vehicle at 70 mph. Taylor was rushed to the hospital and physicians performed a six-hour operation in order to re-attach his head. Dr. Geoff Askin was one of the doctors who operated on Taylor.…
Walkers Got Injuries in Crosswalk Road Traffic Accident May File A Personal Injury Claim Crosswalk is designed to ensure the protection of walkers. As such most of states practice regulations which provide a walker in a crosswalk the right to pass first. Crosswalk is also generally evidently marked. The main thing, on the other hand, is that the protection of the people in the crosswalks generally relies on the attention level of drivers. In case, a driver does not take care of the walker's right to pass first, the resulting road traffic accident could leave the walker with considerable injuries.…
Due to his condition he does have a doctor who provides home visit twice a year and a home health nurse to monitor his care…
Casey is a man who lived a very active life prior to a tragic accident in 1995. Although he was autistic, he felt like he lived an average life. According to Casey, he had a very widespread group of friends and was quite the social butterfly. Going through many different girls and going out a lot, he had an active dating life. He was an auto fanatic, with a certain interest in car audio.…
Life is it a blessing or is it a curse? This has always been an endless question in my opinion that’s often frequently asked. “A Life-or-Death Situation” corresponds with “Choosing to Die After a Struggle with Life”, both articles are written by Robin Marantz Henig. They are focusing on a married couple and a husband who is a quadriplegic. Peggy Battin and husband Brooke Hopkins has had a turmoil of pitfalls.…
Eric is a young man who was born in a small town in the Midwest. When he was still in high school, his dream was to one day own a farm, once he graduated he fulfilled his dream and enjoyed his life, taking great pleasure in his work. Sadly, one day a horrific accident occurred while harvesting in the fields, he was rushed to the nearest hospital, the doctors saved Eric’s life but were forced to amputate his legs, leaving him confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Unfortunately, he is always in pain from the wounds inflicted; he is on medication that partially helps his condition. However he is not happy with his current state of living, he misses the work on the farm and is most likely feels worthless because of the loss of his…
If you ever had a conversation with someone and they ask you who you are 90 seconds from when you introduced yourself, you might be dealing with a person who has had a traumatic brain injury. My father, aka 10 second George, suffered a brain injury four years ago after surviving a motorcycle accident. A TBI is known as is a nondegenerative, noncongenital insult to the brain from an external mechanical force, possibly leading to permanent or temporary impairment of cognitive, physical, and psychosocial functions, with an associated diminished or altered state of consciousness. It wasn’t the accident that caused my dad’s TBI (traumatic brain injury).…
Everything he had worked for already broken in shattered pieces anyways and he can’t return to the past to stop the accident from happening in the first place. Now, he had nothing else to look forward to except watch others achieve…
Honestly I love talking about this. When most people think of some that they are mostly influence by you think of an older person. Maybe even someone related to you but not me. The person I look up to is Shannon Taylor. Shannon is a twenty year old that went through a lot throughout her life but you couldn’t tell by looking at her.…
Imagine waking up in a hospital and not knowing why you are there or who the person is holding your hand weeping at your side. This older woman looks up at you and realizes you are awake and asks, “Hi, honey. How are you feeling?” Your response, “Who are you?” When the doctor comes in he asks you, “What day is it?…
Stroke Survivor On November 30th, 2015 my father, Orlin Ostby suffered a massive stroke. He was found in his bed by our neighbor, unable to move or speak. Our neighbor called 911 and an ambulance rushed my dad to the hospital, where it was determined that he had suffered from a stroke and was lucky to be alive. The stroke effected the right side of his brain causing weakness in his left arm, the inability to move his left leg and slurred speech.…
He was always reckless, but none of us expected that this would be the outcome. Marcus was my best friend, we’ve been friends since the second grade we were the inseparable duo, Marcus, and Xavier. He was the star quarterback, standing at 6’2” weighing 170 pounds and I was the best friend who could never seem to escape his shadow. Marcus was everything I aspired to be, everything I’m not, He was always optimistic, compassionate and popular, but he also had a dark side that he concealed from the rest of us. Perhaps this was the real Marcus all along, it’s difficult to say we all wear masks, none of us are really who we seem to be.…
In the law of delict there are five elements that should be considered before someone is held liable for an act that caused damage. These elements include the nature of the act, the wrongfulness/unlawfulness of the act, the damage caused by the act, that causal link and lastly the fault. If the evidence obtained from the act and matched against the element is adequate and proves that the act caused the damage then it can be concluded that the act did indeed cause the act and someone or an organisation will be held liable for the damage caused and will have to face certain consequences. In most case at school the educator is held responsible for the damage the learners suffered but educators cannot be held accountable for everything that happens…