Thousands of individuals are killed or injured in pedestrian accidents each year in the United States. One in five children (20.4 percent) under the age of 15 killed in crashes were pedestrians in 2020. Parents and caregivers can help reduce the risk of pedestrian accidents for kids by helping children learn and practice safe pedestrian…
Our world practically revolves around electricity. It lights our homes, powers our tablets and computers, and even fuels the stoplights that help us travel safely from one place to the next. Unfortunately, this powerful tool is also extremely dangerous. Even minimal contact can lead to burn injuries. In severe cases, those injuries can cause death….
When a patient goes in for surgery, they may be filled with anxiety. Often, this fear is caused by the knowledge that they have no control over what is about to happen next. Instead, their fate is in the hands of the surgeon, nurses, and anesthesiologist. What happens when their worst nightmare comes true? Generally,…
One of the things that come with aging is the increase in the number of aches and pains we deal with. With all the advanced techniques and devices in medicine, many patients have found solutions to those aches and pains by undergoing ankle, knee, hip, shoulder, and back surgeries. As the number of those surgeries…
When we visit a business, retail store, or other public property, we typically assume that the property we are entering is safe and free from hazards, not giving it a second thought that the people who own and/or are in charge of operating the property has failed to keep up with property maintenance. Unfortunately, accidents…