Atlanta Truck Accident Attorney

Traumatic Brain Injury

Victims with traumatic brain injury may notice changes to every area of their lives as a result of their injuries. In fact, some even suffer from altered personalities after the accident, which can make it incredibly difficult to maintain relationships with friends and loved ones. Other symptoms can prove equally problematic.

Traumatic brain injury victims can have difficulty concentrating on the task at hand. Losing memories doesn’t just happen in the movies, either: While many traumatic brain injury victims lose long-term memories as a result of their injuries, others may find themselves with gaps in short-term memory. Victims may constantly forget what they need to do or lose the locations of items that they set down just seconds before.

Not only that, but many victims with traumatic brain injury also have physical symptoms. Sleep disturbances occur all too commonly: either sleeping too much, as the brain tries to heal itself, or struggling to fall asleep at all, sometimes because of fears related to time spent in a coma after the accident. Victims may also notice ringing in their ears or tunnel vision.

Traumatic brain injury also creates substantial problems with emotional regulation. Many victims find themselves responding improperly to emotional stimuli or struggling to hold back extreme emotional reactions over relatively minor concerns.

Thanks to this grouping of symptoms, many victims of traumatic brain injury have a hard time going back to work after their injuries. Even minor traumatic brain injury can cause symptoms more than a year after the initial accident. More serious traumatic brain injury can leave the victim with lifelong symptoms.

Spinal Cord Injuries

Spinal cord injuries can put a victim in a wheelchair for the rest of their life. If the injury occurs high on the spinal cord, it can also limit mobility in the hands and arms. Additionally, victims often struggle with decreased organ function below the site of the injury, leading to digestive upset or bladder and bowel control challenges.

Spinal cord injury victims commonly need to change professions or shift their professional plans, especially if they previously worked in highly physical professions. Even incomplete spinal cord injury can serve to substantially decrease mobility, which may mean that the victim needs to make a career shift. In other cases, work of any kind may no longer be possible for the truck accident victim.

Amputations

The sheer force of a truck accident can crush limbs and lead to injuries requiring amputations. Many victims also face amputation due to factors that occur in the aftermath of the accident. In some cases, doctors may recommend removing a crushed limb because restricted blood flow to the limb can cause the tissue to die.

Amputations can leave many victims with lifelong disabilities. Often, victims adapt with the use of a prosthetic device. While this device may make mobility easier, it also means an ongoing expense for amputees. Amputees usually have to replace their prosthetics within the first year after the accident, as the shape of the stump can change dramatically during that time. They frequently replace prosthetic devices every three to five years, since they wear out with regular use over time.

Burns

In addition to the fire hazards that exist in any car accident, which can leave victims with severe burns as they try to get away from their vehicles, accidents with tanker trucks can pose an additional burn hazard: chemical burns. Tanker trucks carrying hazardous chemicals can spill those chemicals in an accident, posing substantial burn danger to accident victims and rescue workers alike.

Burns cause more pain than nearly any other type of injury. Burn victims usually have considerable scarring, which can have a deep psychological effect on the victim long after the accident itself. If you suffer serious burns, even plastic surgery may not fully restore your former appearance.

In addition to the other challenges associated with severe burns, burn victims face a high rate of complication. They often need to stay in a special burn unit to help decrease the risk of infection. Even still, burn victims may have ongoing complications, including the need for multiple skin grafts. As a result, their medical bills may rise much higher than initially anticipated.

Broken Bones

Broken bones can cause serious limitations to your mobility and leave you struggling to get around. Not only that, you may find it impossible to take care of yourself or complete your job responsibilities, especially if you suffered multiple broken bones.

In an accident, drivers often brace themselves against the steering wheel automatically. This reflex can actually increase the risk of broken bones in the hands and arms. Victims may also suffer from broken bones in the legs or torso depending on where the force from the accident hits and how they connect with the vehicle or its surroundings.

No matter what kind of truck accident injury you are coping with, we believe you deserve compensation. At Stewart J Guss, Injury Accident Lawyers, we are wholeheartedly committed to your recovery.