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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and accidents – Ottawa Personal Injury lawyer shares study..
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Brain Injury / Head Injury, Personal Injury Claims on February 17th, 2010
Ottawa Brain Injury Lawyer – Ontario Brain Injury Lawyers -Ottawa Traumatic Brain Injury Study Shows Increase in Spirituality Following Brain Injury
Individuals who suffer a personal injury and brain injury are likely to have an increased feeling of spirituality due to damage or personal injury of the right parietal lobe, which is the cerebral area within the brain that determines an individual’s place in time and space, both emotionally and physically, according to the latest study from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
The study focused on 26 individuals with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), but who were functioning within society as the ”walking wounded.” The study revealed that those who suffered personal injury from right parietal lobe damage felt more feelings of being lost or spaced out, which was the equivalent of measuring higher on the standard measure of spirituality test. The study also revealed that Contralateral Neglect Syndrome can cause those with a brain injury to retrieve “information from the contralateral side, but patients may not have a conscious awareness” of this and therefore feel dislocated from the world.
If you have been involved in an accident and suffer from a brain injury, you may need a personal injury law firm to help you get the help and support you need. As a highly experienced Ottawa brain injury lawyer, I have helped many Ottawa brain injury victims through some very difficult times and got them the finances and medical support they needed. As a brain injury victim you may have questions you want to ask an experienced Ottawa brain injury lawyer or Ontario brain injury lawyer and you are welcome to give me a call or email me directly. Visit www.ottawainjury.ca for more information on a brain injury. Call for a free legal consultation with no obligation. I would be happy to answer any questions you may have. Chances are you need an Ottawa brain injury lawyer or Ontario brain injury lawyer and a brain injury lawsuit will likely result in the compensation and medical treatments you need. You owe it to yourself, you have been through enough.
-David Hollingsworth, Ottawa Brain Injury Lawyers- Ontario Brain InjuryLawyer- Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer
Ottawa Lawyer – report child brain injury.
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Brain Injury / Head Injury on February 12th, 2010
Before you head out there this weekend to ski on Ottawa area slopes or visit Ottawa’s famous Winterlude, remember to pack your helmets and use extra caution. With many recent serious and fatal head injuries in the Ottawa area, we are reminded of the seriousness of a head injury….Be safe out there Ottawa !- David Hollingsworth, Ottawa personal injury lawyer
Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer :
According to a new study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, a new tool may help standardize the use of CT scans in children with a minor head injury and help reduce the number of scans performed. An astonishing number as high as 650,000 children with a minor head injury resulting in loss of consciousness, amnesia, disorientation and vomiting are seen each year in emergency departments in hospitals across North American. CT scans are important for diagnosing serious brain injury but they unfortunately they expose children to the potentially harmful effects of ionizing radiation and significantly add to health care costs. Use of CT for minor head injury in Canadian pediatric emergency departments has increased to 53% in 2005 from 15% in 1995.
A team of researchers from pediatric institutions across Canada have developed the CATCH rule (Canadian Assessment of Tomography for Childhood Injury) which will help physicians determine if a child with minor head trauma should receive a CT scan or not. The study involved 3866 children from the ages of 0 to 16 from 10 Canadian pediatric teaching institutions. The idea with the new “CATCH” rule will hopefully reduce the number of children who receive a CT scan. This will not only reduce unnecessarily exposing children to possible harmful effects, it will help alleviate the wait times for CT scans and health care costs.
My understanding is that the CATCH Rule, is made up of 7 basic findings from a child’s history and physical exam. From these findings, it is easier to standardize the need for CT and reduce the number of CT scans performed in children with minor head injury.
For more information regarding a head injury visit www.ottawainjury.ca. or call David Hollingsworth, Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, specializing in brain injury and head injury at 613 978-9549 or 613 237-4922 ext 203
Child Brain Injury Lawyer in Ottawa – What to do and expect…
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Brain Injury / Head Injury on February 8th, 2010
Ottawa Brain Injury Lawyer David Hollingsworth explains what to expect if your child suffers from a traumatic brain injury in Ontario.
Traumatic Brian Injury ( TBI ) in Children
Ottawa Brain Injury Lawyer David Hollingsworth explains what to expect if your child suffers from a traumatic brain injury in Ottawa or brain injury in Ontario. As a parent, we are ready to do anything possible to protect our children from harm, pain, or suffering. Unfortunately, we cannot protect our children from everything. If your child has suffered a traumatic brain injury (or “TBI”), you must consider your options and make actions that will be in your child’s best interests, to help them on their road to rehabilitation and recovery.
There are some things that can be expected if your child has suffered a TBI. Generally, any injury to a child, including a TBI, is extremely serious and should be treated as such. Children can be even more susceptible to brain injuries than adults, however, because a child’s brain and body are still in a state of development and a TBI can cause permanent disability and limitation in terms of functioning, movement, speech, or thought development process.
Your Child’s Medical Support Team
If you believe that your child is a victim of a TBI, your first step is to seek appropriate medical help as soon as possible. This involves consultation with various doctors, such as a general practitioner, a pediatrician, neurosurgeon, and any medical brain specialist generally, especially one that deals with children’s brain injuries. This also involves consultation with a psychologist and psychiatrist, to ensure that your child’s mental health is also assessed during this complex brain injury process. These steps will help to safeguard and protect for your child’s rehabilitation and they will also empower you and your family with options and ideas to consider in the ongoing recovery process.
Your Child’s Legal Support Team
In addition to the medical team of specialists helping to assist in your child’s recovery and rehabilitation, it is also necessary for you to enlist the help of a personal injury lawyer specializing in Traumatic Brain Injuries. A Top Children’s TBI Lawyer such as David Hollingsworth has a highly specialized expertise in this area of law. It is important to consult with an experienced Ontario brain injury lawyer that will share the process with you. Generally, the process is complex and can be painful since your Child’s Brain Injury is a real tragedy. But there are steps that you can take to deal with the situation once it has happened, to ensure for your child’s best future prospects in terms of health and happiness in mind.
How to Secure Maximum Compensation
A top Ottawa Children’s Brain Injury lawyer can help you to determine who may be responsible for your child’s TBI. If the injury is due to someone’s negligence in any capacity, then your child is entitled to maximum compensation for his or her injuries. An Ottawa personal injury lawyer or Ottawa brain injury lawyer will seek compensation for you and your child to assist in recovery.
Since brain injuries are often known as “invisible injuries”, they can be complex and difficult to fully understand and to deal with. Children, after-all, often have less developed communication capabilities and are often not able to as easily or fully nuance their symptoms, or even to understand that they have developed. A children’s TBI can be a real life altering experience for the victim of the personal injury, requiring ongoing medical treatment and rehabilitation. A good personal injury lawyer will ensure that your child’s compensation will be adequate to deal with future years to come, and this is where an experienced Ottawa brain injury lawyer is critical. Your Top Ottawa Children’s brain injury lawyer will be able to help you to secure for your child’s financial future, and also to develop a life care plan. You owe it to yourself and your child to speak to the right Ottawa brain injury lawyer and do this properly. Your child has been through enough. You have been through enough.
Experienced Ottawa Children’s Brain Injury Lawyer David Hollingsworth
David Hollingsworth has been an Ottawa personal injury lawyer for well over a decade and has helped countless numbers of Ottawa brain injury victims get the help they needed. David is an Ottawa brain injury lawyer who understands what needs to be done to help those with a brain injury and has a very high success rate doing so. Call for a free consultations 613 978-9549 or 613 237-4922 or visit www.ottawainjury.ca. You owe it to yourself.
Ottawa Spinal Cord Injury Lawyer, Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Paraplegia and Quadriplegia Lawyer, in Ottawa
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Brain Injury / Head Injury, Ottawa Spinal Cord Injury on November 20th, 2009
If you have suffered a catastrophic injury in Ontario as a result of a car accident, motor vehicle accident, or slip and fall, as soon as possible you need to hire an reputable and highly experienced Ontario personal injury lawyer; preferably one that has experience with your particular injury. Over the course of the last 12 years, David has been highly successful at helping those and their families with a brain injury or a spinal cord injury. These types of injury are life changing and require support on many levels. Due to his vast experience with clients with a brain injury or spinal cord injury, David has become one of the best brain injury and best spinal cord injury lawyers in Ottawa. David`s clients with a traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury will attest that he is a dedicated, hard working and one of the best Ottawa lawyers who goes above and beyond his role of Ottawa Ontario spinal cord injury lawyer, Ottawa Ontario paraplegia lawyer, Ottawa Ontario quadriplegia lawyer or Ottawa Ontario brain injury lawyer. David`s clients know and will vouch that he is there for them.
Ottawa personal injury lawyer David Hollingsworth specializes in serious personal injury and is available to work with you, your family, your doctors, your social workers, psychologists or any other treating medical professional. David will also alleviate your burden and deal directly with your insurance company for you; ensuring you recieve maximum compensation. If it is easier on you, David will meet at your home, hospital, rehabilitation centre or any other location that is convenient for you such as the Ottawa Hospital or the Ottawa Rehabilitation Centre.
You have been through enough, now let David Hollingsworth, Ottawa Ontario Brain Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Ontario Spinal Cord injury Lawyer, Ottawa Ontario Paraplegia Lawyer, and Ottawa Ontario Quadriplegia Lawyer do his job. Even if you just need some advice on what to do, David Hollingsworth can help steer you in the right direction, free of charge. You can call or email him for a free consutation of and you are absolutely under no obligation or pressure . Let his years of experience with Ottawa and Ontario personal injury help you because right now you need to focus on yourself and your family; not insurance companies and paperwork. Visit www.ottawainjury.ca or call 613 978-9549
Ottawa Accident results in 3 with critical head injury and 1 death
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Brain Injury / Head Injury, Ottawa Injury and Accidents on November 2nd, 2009
Ottawa brain injury lawyer, David Hollingsworth– My thoughts go out to the families of these young men. I know this intersection well and am sad to hear of the death of a young man. My thoughts are with the other three men and their families at this time. I wish you all a healthy recovery.
Early morning rescue attempt involved paramedic crews from outlying areas. A 21-year-old man is dead and two other young men are in critical condition after a car slammed into a tree and rolled over just north of the Ottawa River Parkway. The car had just crossed the Champlain Bridge from Gatineau early Sunday morning. A fourth man in the car was listed in serious condition early Sunday by Ottawa paramedics.
The car was travelling at high speed and only one of the four men is believed to have been wearing a seatbelt, according to Michael O’Brien, superintendent of operations for the Ottawa Paramedic Service. The crash occurred at about 3:15 a.m.
Bystanders were able to pull two of the men from the vehicle, while firefighters and paramedics extricated the other two men, O’Brien said in a release.
One of the four men died later in hospital, said collision investigator Const. Brian Dodds of Ottawa police. He said the victim was 21 years old and, like the three others, an Ontario resident.
The four young men were believed to be roommates who lived in a row unit at 1155 Meadowlands Dr. One owned the silver Volkswagen Jetta that was involved in the accident.
Yesterday, a tarp-covered motorcycle was stored in the backyard of their home, while another motorcycle could be seen in the living room. A neighbour said they were nice young men who were always sweet to the children in the neighbourhood.
O’Brien issued a release describing the injuries:
- A male, 21, with critical head and facial injuries and an open fracture to his right arm;
- A male in his 20s with critical head and facial injuries and injuries to his abdomen;
- A male in 20s with critical head injuries and multiple fractures to his left leg and right shoulder; and
- A male in is 20s with injuries to his abdomen and chest in serious condition.
Although Dodds said he believed the man who died was the first in that group, he was unable to confirm that, and paramedic service officials were unavailable to comment later Sunday morning.
A relative said Matthew Dorion, 23, was in surgery at The Ottawa Hospital’s Civic campus. Along with four paramedic units and two supervisors from the Ottawa Paramedic Service, units from Prescott-Russell and Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry helped with the rescue attempt.
Police are investigating.
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If you or a loved one has been injured or died as the result of an accident, you may be entitled to accident benefits you are not receiving. As an Ottawa lawyer specializing in personal injury and brain injury, I meet with people daily who have been seriously hurt and need help. Visit my website at www.ottawainjury.ca, call me at 613 978-9549 or email info@ottawainjury.ca for more information and a free consultation.
David Hollingsworth, Ottawa Brain Injury Lawyer
Brain Injury Association of the Ottawa Valley Fundraiser
Posted by Ottawa Personal Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Accident Lawyer, David Hollingsworth in Brain Injury / Head Injury on October 13th, 2009
Ottawa Brain Injury Lawyer, Ottawa Head Injury Lawyer
I had the pleasure of not only attending the Brain Injury Association of the Ottawa Valley gala fund raising dinner, I sponsored a table and was proud to be supporting such a wonderful organisation that helps so many people with brain injuries. The event was a success and many thanks go out to the volunteers who worked very hard to make the event a successful one.
David Hollingsworth
