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3 Reasons to Leave Your Accident in an Ambulance
- By Admin
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- 26 Jan, 2022
A question people often ask when you are in an accident is whether or not you are hurt. Emergency personnel will usually dispatch an ambulance when the police are called, depending on the accident's severity. After an initial assessment at the scene of the accident and depending on the severity of your injuries, the emergency personnel may offer to transport you to the hospital.
While you may be reluctant to accept their offer due to the potential cost, you should take up their offer for numerous reasons. Discover a few.
1. Your Injuries May Be More Serious Than They Appear
Even if a quick visible assessment of your injuries reveals no serious outward injuries, numerous internal injuries could result from the trauma of your accident. If you don't address some of these quickly, they can become fatal. Some common car accident-related injuries are:
While you may assume that these injuries would produce immense pain, nothing could be further from the truth. The adrenaline from the accident can easily mask the pain of these and any other injuries you may have.
Emergency personnel monitor and treat your injuries until you reach the hospital. They are also able to alert the hospital while you are in route to ensure they are prepared for your arrival.
2. Ambulance Arrival May Prioritize Your Care
Emergency rooms are not first come first serve. Hospital personnel prioritizes care by the severity of the patient's illness or injury through triage.
During the triage process, an emergency department nurse will usually ask each patient a series of questions about their illness or injury. They will usually take their vital signs and chart the information into the hospital's computer.
Once this process is complete, the patient either gets a room and goes on the list for the doctor to see them or goes back out to the waiting room to wait for available space. Depending on how active the emergency department is at the time the patient enters and the severity of their condition the wait can be extensive.
With an ambulance, the emergency personnel on board triage you. These emergency personnel will usually prioritize your care. You do not have to wait in the waiting room. The ambulance personnel will transfer you from their portable gurney onto one of the hospital's gurney. You then go into a room to wait to have the doctor see you.
3. Ambulance Transport Gives Credence to Your Personal Injury Case
If your accident is due to the negligence of someone else, you have grounds to file a personal injury lawsuit. Accepting ambulance transport from the scene helps document the severity of your injuries, which will come into question during your lawsuit.
Establishing clear documentation of your injuries will help the judge award you your entire personal injury claim. Medical documentation starting at the scene of the accident and continuing throughout your injury treatments limits any argument the insurance company may have.
Do not be concerned about the cost of the transport. You will usually be able to recover the total cost of the ambulance ride along with your other medical expenses as a part of your economic recovery in your personal injury case.
Accidents can be very expensive endeavors especially when injuries are involved. While insurance companies may make you an offer, they will usually not offer you everything your case is worth. You need to hire an accident and injury attorney before you ever speak with the insurance company.
Frank W. Thompson Attorney At Law Erwin & Thompson LLP knows what to say to the insurance company and what documentation you need to solidify your case. We can help you recover both your economic and noneconomic damages. Give us a call for a consultation of your case.
While you may be reluctant to accept their offer due to the potential cost, you should take up their offer for numerous reasons. Discover a few.
1. Your Injuries May Be More Serious Than They Appear
Even if a quick visible assessment of your injuries reveals no serious outward injuries, numerous internal injuries could result from the trauma of your accident. If you don't address some of these quickly, they can become fatal. Some common car accident-related injuries are:
- Soft tissue injuries
- Internal hemorrhaging
- Ruptured spleen
- Punctured lungs
- Injured organs
- Broken bones
- Concussions
- Brain bleeds
While you may assume that these injuries would produce immense pain, nothing could be further from the truth. The adrenaline from the accident can easily mask the pain of these and any other injuries you may have.
Emergency personnel monitor and treat your injuries until you reach the hospital. They are also able to alert the hospital while you are in route to ensure they are prepared for your arrival.
2. Ambulance Arrival May Prioritize Your Care
Emergency rooms are not first come first serve. Hospital personnel prioritizes care by the severity of the patient's illness or injury through triage.
During the triage process, an emergency department nurse will usually ask each patient a series of questions about their illness or injury. They will usually take their vital signs and chart the information into the hospital's computer.
Once this process is complete, the patient either gets a room and goes on the list for the doctor to see them or goes back out to the waiting room to wait for available space. Depending on how active the emergency department is at the time the patient enters and the severity of their condition the wait can be extensive.
With an ambulance, the emergency personnel on board triage you. These emergency personnel will usually prioritize your care. You do not have to wait in the waiting room. The ambulance personnel will transfer you from their portable gurney onto one of the hospital's gurney. You then go into a room to wait to have the doctor see you.
3. Ambulance Transport Gives Credence to Your Personal Injury Case
If your accident is due to the negligence of someone else, you have grounds to file a personal injury lawsuit. Accepting ambulance transport from the scene helps document the severity of your injuries, which will come into question during your lawsuit.
Establishing clear documentation of your injuries will help the judge award you your entire personal injury claim. Medical documentation starting at the scene of the accident and continuing throughout your injury treatments limits any argument the insurance company may have.
Do not be concerned about the cost of the transport. You will usually be able to recover the total cost of the ambulance ride along with your other medical expenses as a part of your economic recovery in your personal injury case.
Accidents can be very expensive endeavors especially when injuries are involved. While insurance companies may make you an offer, they will usually not offer you everything your case is worth. You need to hire an accident and injury attorney before you ever speak with the insurance company.
Frank W. Thompson Attorney At Law Erwin & Thompson LLP knows what to say to the insurance company and what documentation you need to solidify your case. We can help you recover both your economic and noneconomic damages. Give us a call for a consultation of your case.