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5 Most Common Types of Motor Vehicle Accident Injuries 5 Most Common Types of Motor Vehicle Accident Injuries. Some motor vehicle accident injuries require emergency care. This is the case of major injuries to the spinal cord, head or limbs (such as in the case of open bone fractures), which often require surgery or a team of ER doctors and hospitalization.
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What are the Most Common Vehicle Accident Injuries? Shattering glass or loose objects flying inside the car on impact often cause these types of injuries. Soft Tissue Injuries and Car Accidents. A soft tissue injury is damage to the body’s connective tissue, which means muscles, ligaments and tendons. This is the most common type of injury resulting from a car accident. Soft tissue injuries can take many forms. A “whiplash” type injury to the neck and upper back is a form of soft tissue injury. In that type of injury the muscles and ligaments are stretched due to sudden movements imposed on the head and neck in the collision.
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- Causes of Spinal Cord Injury The most common causes of spinal cord injury is a broken neck or back neck (causing damage to the bones of the spine that surround the spinal cord). This often results in damage to the nerves of the spinal cord inside the spinal column. This is known as ‘traumatic’ injury. Traumatic spinal cord injury may be caused by: Road traffic accidents, domestic and work-related accidents, sports injuries, self-harm, assault or complications following surgery e.g., corrective surgery for spinal deformity e.g. scoliosis.
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Stockton Pedestrian Accident Lawyer (209) 227-1931 A pedestrian who has been injured in a collision with a car faces the possibility of many different types of injuries. In a lot of accidents, the arms, legs, and head of a pedestrian are impacted most severely. Some common injuries from this type of accident include: Brain injuries, which may lead to a coma;
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Overview Severe injuries increase the risk of a greater number of complications and more-severe complications. Moderate to severe traumatic brain injury can result in prolonged or permanent changes in a person's state of consciousness, awareness or responsiveness. Different states of consciousness include: Coma. A person in a coma is unconscious, unaware of anything and unable to respond to any stimulus.
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Different types of injury The basic principles. Sports injuries tend to be divided into two categories: • soft tissue injuries (anything except bone) • bony injury, which means either the bone is broken (fracture) or the bones are out of their normal alignment (dislocation).
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Common Types Of Motor Vehicle Accidents We represent individuals who have been injured in all types of car accidents, including: 1  Rear-end collisions — These types of traffic accidents are often caused by sudden deceleration (slowing down or braking). 2  Side-impact collisions — Side-impact collisions can cause grave injuries. Often called T-bone or broadside collisions, side-impact accidents occur when the side of a vehicle is hit. It can be impacted by the front or rear of another vehicle or in some cases a fixed object.
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The Most Common Car Accident Injuries This article discusses the most common car accident injuries. Brain and Head Injuries - In a car accident, one of the most common injuries suffered by drivers and passengers is a closed head injury, which can range from a mild concussion to a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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What are the Most Common Vehicle Accident Injuries? Soft Tissue Injuries and Car Accidents. A soft tissue injury is damage to the body’s connective tissue, which means muscles, ligaments and tendons. This is the most common type of injury resulting from a car accident. Soft tissue injuries can take many forms. A “whiplash” type injury to the neck and upper back is a form of soft tissue injury.
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Exhibit (legal) The most common types of personal injury claims are road traffic accidents, accidents at work, tripping accidents, assault claims, accidents in the home, on a cruise ship, product defect accidents (product liability) and holiday accidents.
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Traffic collision For other uses, see Car Crash. A traffic collision, also known as a motor vehicle collision (MVC) among others, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction, such as a tree or pole. Traffic collisions may result in injury, death and property damage.
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- Types of Injuries. Of injuries suffered by high school basketball players, the NATA study found that the most common were: 1  Sprains (a partial or complete tear of a ligaments around a joint -- wrist, finger, knee, ankle, toe)(44.6% boys, 44.2% girls).
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Nerve injury This is a more severe nerve injury with disruption of the neuronal axon, but with maintenance of the epineurium. This type of nerve damage may cause paralysis of the motor, sensory, and autonomic. Mainly seen in crush injury.
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- Some of the primary causes of head injuries are motor vehicle, bicycle, and motorcycle accidents and can result in concussions and contusions. Usually, people with serious head injuries lose consciousness. You may notice swelling or broken bones in the skull. However, not all head injuries are obvious at first.
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Spinal Cord Injury Primary Damage. Primary damage is defined as the immediate effects of an injury to the spinal cord. The broad effects of damage to the spinal cord depend on three main factors; the severity of the injury, the region of the spinal cord to which the injury occurred, and the type of nerve that is damaged. Primary spinal cord damage is most commonly the result of two types of injury: contusion—bruising of the spinal cord as a result of a blow or a fall—and compression—damage as a result of increased pressure, either from an external or an internal force.
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Types and Levels of Brain Injury The blood vessels in the brain may stretch and cranial nerves may be damaged. 1  A concussion can be caused by direct blows to the head, gunshot wounds, violent shaking of the head, or force from a whiplash type injury. 2  Both closed and open head injuries can produce a concussion.
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Types of brain injury How a brain injury is sustained can be broken down into three main categories: traumatic brain injury, acquired brain injury, and congenital brain injury. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an injury to the head or brain caused by some form of external trauma.
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Traffic Collision Victims of traffic collisions can suffer from abrasions, bruising, burns, concussions, crush injuries, dislocations, fractures, and lacerations. One of the most common types of injuries suffered in traffic collisions is whiplash.
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Background Cervical spine (C-spine) injuries are the most feared of all spinal injuries because of the potential for significant deleterious sequelae. Correlation is noted between the level of injury and morbidity/mortality (ie, the higher the level of the C-spine injury, the higher the morbidity and mortality).
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Neck Injury: A List of the Most Common Types Updated April 14, 2017. Neck injuries — aka cervical spine injuries — come in a variety of types, ranging from mild to severe. An injury to your neck may be preceded by accident, trauma to the area, falls and even degenerative changes that take place in the spine. This article defines and describes the most common neck injuries that doctors treat.
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Injuries of the Spinal Cord and Vertebrae DOCTORS: Click here for the Professional Version. 1  Most spinal cord injuries result from motor vehicle crashes, falls, assaults, and sports injuries. 2  Symptoms, such as loss of sensation, loss of muscle strength, and loss of bowel, bladder, and sexual function may be temporary or permanent.
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- The most common causes of spinal cord injuries in the United States are: 1  Motor vehicle accidents. 2  Falls. 3  Acts of violence.  Sports and recreation 1  injuries. Alcohol. 2  Diseases. Symptoms.  Risk factors.
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Types of Car Accident Injuries Back injuries are also common. Any damage to the spinal cord can cause significant nerve damage. Patients may experience reduced sensation of and control over their arms, hands, legs, feet, and other body parts. More serious forms of spinal damage can leave patients permanently paralyzed. Another common car accident injury is a herniated disk. This tends to be less severe than spinal damage or head injuries, but can still cause significant problems. Patients often experience numb or tingling sensations, muscle weakness, and arm or leg pain.
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- Grades of mild head injury (concussion) Concussion is classified using a grading system from I to V, as follows: Grade I: this is the mildest form of concussion and usually causes short-term confusion. Grade II: this is where concussion causes confusion and short-term anterograde amnesia.