When you seek emergency medical attention after your personal injury accident, an attending physician may conduct a physical examination of your abdomen and then order an ultrasound, CT scan, and MRI scan. This is for the purpose of identifying internal injuries to your abdomen, chest, and head. Unfortunately, this is a likely injury to incur after experiencing such physical trauma. With that being said, please follow along to find out more about the types of accidents that commonly result in internal injuries and how a proficient Miami-Dade County injury lawyer at the Law Offices of Gonzalo Funes, PA, can help address your damages in the most proactive manner possible.
What types of accidents commonly cause internal injuries?
In short, an internal injury is typically prompted by a strong force to the organs, blood vessels, or tissues beneath the skin. They are not typically visible with anything outside of bruising, as they do not cause an open wound. But still, this may put you in a critical health condition. Without further ado, you may, unfortunately, incur an internal injury in any of the following types of accident experiences:
- Car accident event: upon the impact of a collision with another vehicle, you may experience blunt force trauma to the head or chest against the steering wheel, airbag, seat back, windshield, etc.
- Slip and fall accident event: upon falling, you may be unable to prevent your head from striking against the hard surface, or your abdomen from hitting the obstructive hazard that caused your slip in the first place.
- Construction accident event: upon handling a piece of malfunctioning heavy equipment, you may incur a puncture to your internal systems, or upon being struck unexpectedly by a falling object, you may experience a serious strike to the head.
- Violent crime event: upon being kicked or punched in the face or abdomen, you may see serious bruising that is an indication of internal bleeding, or fall from the blow and strike your head and body against a hard surface.
How much damage will my internal injuries cost me?
It is worth reiterating that an internal injury is one of the more serious injuries you can walk away with after a personal injury event. With this comes exceptional financial losses. For one, there is the cost of your initial emergency room visit and the imaging and scans you underwent. And if your condition was deemed emergent, you may have been placed into immediate surgery and blood transfusions.
Then, you must not forget about your after-care treatments. That is, a treating physician may require you to stay overnight at the hospital for monitoring and prescribe important medications. Plus, they may recommend long-term recovery and rehabilitation plans, like physical therapy sessions and other follow-up treatments and examinations. All the while, you may be taking time off from work and losing wages, or losing your earning capacity indefinitely. These are all things you must claim in your personal injury case against the negligent party who caused all this pain and hassle.
At the Law Offices of Gonzalo Funes, PA, we treat every case with kid gloves, and you will notice this upon your initial phone call. So please do not hesitate to allow a talented Miami-Dade County injury lawyer to represent you in your upcoming case.
