Appleton child injury attorneys Archives

Mom’s Viral Car Crash Photo Reminds Parents of the Importance of Child Safety Seats

While we tend to think of them as resilient, children are far more likely to experience severe or life-threatening injuries in an accident than an adult. In fact, statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of unintentional injury death for children and adolescents (more than 12, 000 fatalities per year). Motor vehicle accidents are also one of the [...]

Intracranial Pressure Monitoring Holds No Benefit for Pediatric TBI Victims

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is experienced by over half a million children each year and a leading cause of death among young people. Sadly, science still has very few answers on changing those statistics. In fact, if anything, it is becoming more and more clear that the real answer here is prevention. Take, for example, a recent study in which scientists determined that intracranial pressure monitoring, though helpful with adults, [...]