Life-Threatening Work Accident
Blows to the head can occur in the workplace potentially causing serious injury. If you sustain a blow to the head at work, you should go to the hospital right away. Some head injuries may seem fine, but there is often internal bleeding or internal problems. Under workers’ compensation laws, you are entitled to all medically necessary treatment and evaluations. At the minimum, according to medical professionals, you should get a CT Scan of your brain to see if your work accident has caused severe injury.
Permanent Impairment
Some head injuries cause permanent impairment or even death. Others may put you on temporary disability for a while and you’ll be able to return to work. The amount of impairment depends on many factors including the age of the injured worker, the occupation of the injured worker, the velocity of the impact to the head, whether there was an open wound, etc.
If your head injury caused cognitive impairment, then there will most likely be a higher possibility of significant impairment resulting from the work accident. If there is internal bleeding, this injury is serious indeed Other types of head injuries cause lifetime headaches, insomnia, and other associated psychological impairment.
In the event that your head injury may cause you to be 70% permanently disabled or more. In that situation, you are entitled to receive a life pension as part of your workers’ compensation case.
It’s important to note that a lasting injury to your head may not just manifest itself in a visible way, such as a scar. The consequences of an injury to the head could include depression, anxiety, problems with maintaining balance or even losing the ability to smell. Often, people who have suffered such an injury struggle to remember even basic facts or get to sleep. That said, you also might feel unnaturally tired, unable to do nearly as much physically as you were able to previously without feeling exhausted. Problems seeing, hearing, speaking, or even walking and running could follow such an injury.
Those, of course, are just the physical problems associated with a blow to the head. The truth is that you could suffer mental and even emotional problems as well. Often, people who’ve had a terrible injury to the head get angrier more often, or they aren’t able to enjoy and partake in their hobbies like they were previously.
A tingling in your limbs that won’t go away, an inability to concentrate, and more: an injury to the head is a serious matter and should be treated as such.
Belal Hamideh can review any evidence, such as a CT Scan or MRI of your brain, to determine which category you fit in and assist you in recovering and getting maximum compensation from your workers’ compensation case.
Just because you suffered an injury to your head, that doesn’t mean that your life should have to stop entirely stop or be put on hold. We can help.
Future Medical Care
If you have sustained a severe head injury, you may need 24/7 assistance from a nurse and other medical experts. You may need to take prescription medication, attend neurological consultations, get further diagnostic imaging in the future, undergo physical rehabilitation, etc.
For less severe head injuries, you may only need over-the-counter medication and occasional visits with a neurologist.
Getting medical care is crucial. Once you’ve done that, then reach out to an attorney.
Too many people, after they’ve injured their head, go back to their regular life, work, and so forth. They don’t get the medical attention that they need, they just assume that everything is all right. And, perhaps for a moment, it is. Then, in a few days, a week, a month, or even longer, all of a sudden, they have all of the classic symptoms that you would associate with an injury to the head. What makes it worse is that they lost all of that time. So, if you get your head injured, go get help immediately. That’s true even if the injury seems relatively minor.
Mr. Hamideh has years of experience helping those who suffered head injuries at work. If you or someone you love suffered such an injury, it’s worth it to contact Mr. Hamideh, whether through this site or by calling, for your workers’ compensation case.