One of the most significant mistakes you can make after any kind of accident is to fail to seek medical treatment from a physician. While many people would say it is obvious to attain medical attention after a catastrophic accident involving severe injury or dismemberment, they are equivocal when it comes to a fender-bender or slip and fall on the ice. I cannot underscore enough how important it is to attain medical help even after a seemingly insignificant accident. Failing to do so can prevent you from attaining financial compensation for later-developing medical issues and from getting reimbursed for your medical costs. I will go over the reason for attaining prompt medical care in detail below and have written the following blog post to help people understand why I am so emphatic about attaining medical attention immediately after an accident.
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Seek Medical Attention Immediately After an Accident
Even if you are not taken away from an accident scene in an ambulance, you should seek medical attention immediately afterward. There are several reasons for this. The first is that many people “feel fine” after an accident and believe they do not need medical attention. In fact, their bodies are pulsing with adrenaline and endorphins after the accident, which masks any feelings of pain or discomfort. Accordingly, you are in no position to accurately gauge whether you are injured or not. In fact, you are in a state of shock that blinds you to the pain you may be feeling, or may be about to feel, and cannot gauge pain or injury. As a result, you should see a physician immediately to determine accurately whether you have been injured. An EMT’s decision not to take you to the hospital in an ambulance immediately after an accident is an assessment of whether you are in acute, immediate need of medical attention. That decision has absolutely no bearing on whether you will need serious long term medical attention for a condition that may develop later. Those later-developing conditions may be far more complex and far more expensive than any broken bone needing immediate attention.
A second important reason to immediately seek help is if you are not injured at the time of the accident. Many serious, life-altering injuries take many months to develop and aggravate. Getting a baseline analysis from a physician can help you show later, that a problem developed as a result of your accident. If you fail to do this, the defendant’s insurer will likely claim that you caused your injuries in some subsequent activity unrelated to the accident. If they succeed in this argument, you will receive no compensation for your injuries.
What Should You Do If You or a Loved One Has Been Injured in an Accident?
If you or a loved one was injured in an accident of any kind, you should seek medical attention immediately and contact an experienced personal injury attorney. Let experienced counsel take care of preserving medical records, attaining expert opinions, and dealing with the defendant’s attorneys. These are essential tasks that only a personal injury attorney can handle for you.
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