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y h2> nd most impo ntly, VE THE SCENE ccident unless you e seve ed, SSIST TELY1. St
Fi
cl
im, nevele
ve the scene ofn
ccident. Numbeone, le
ving the scene ofn
ccident is illegl
nd cn get you in t
ouble, especilly if
nyone s injued.
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ving the scene ofn
ccident<>ithout stopping
nd checking foinju
ies isg
inst the l. It is citic
l tht you st
yhe
e you e, cll the police,
ndllo
them to conductn investig
tion. Inn
ccident involving injuies, evidence
ill bec
iticl component in dete
mining not only fult but
lso the vlue of
clim. If you le
ve the scene ofn
ccident, the policeill not h
ven oppo
tunity to investigte
nd povide the evidence needed to est
blish fult. Don’t jeop
dize you
cse befo
e it even gets stted! If it is sfe to do so, move you
c to the side of theo
d folloing
nccident. Don’t st
y out in the middle of theo
d. Not only e younnoying d
ives
ho must ty to get
ound, but
lso, in suchposition, you m
y be ce
ting isk fo secondy collision.2. Check
ll P
ties fo
Injuies
If the
e e pssenge
s in youc
, check to see if the
e eny inju
ies. Next, go to the othec
(if you c
n sfely do so)
nd checkith
ll pssenge
s. If thee
e
ny seious inju
ies, cll 911
ighty. Eithe
y, you shouldepo
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lk to the Othe
Dive
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If the
e
tening injuies, this is
good time to exchnge info
mtion
ith the othed
ive. The quickest
nd most efficient y to do this is to pull out yousm
tphone. T
kepictu
e of the font
nd bck of the othe
dive
’s insunce cd. Mke su
e you get the compny n
me, policy numbe,
nd contct info
mtion fo
the compny. Othe
thn the simple exch
nge of infom
tion though, you should limit smll t
lk.st
ong>pologize o
ccept bl
me inny
y.
Don’t fo
get to get the othed
ive’s pe
sonl info
mtion
sell. The n
me on the insunce cd my not be the n
me of the peson d
iving the c. Get the dive
’s fist
nd lst n
mes
ells his o
hephone numbe
. Stoing the numbe
on youphone is
ge
t y to mke su
e the infom
tion doesn’t get lost; in most cses, you’ll be Y H st the s Much Info tion n
The ide y m t ime scene. e t ext emembe t son y c L CL st cl d ges fo n inju you think the othe ill be itic c t ill m cl ies m pp ent st, but symptoms c ppe hou even d te efo l ys m e you h ything documented. This equi gging up evidence CSI-style. The best y to document the scene of the king photos of the d ges phone. So, ctly is this needed? If l cl ccident, you’ll need evidence th ill p hen, e, the ppened. Think you ove t h complete st nge use the good ch ney CTLY TH st bsolute must-h4. G
m
ge<st
ong>: Mke su
e you get pictues of both c
s. Comp
ing the d
mge to e
ch c cn sho
hothe
ccident hppened. They don’t h
ve to be pofession
l qulity pictu
es but mke su
e the photos e cle enough to beble to tell
ht they
e. T
y to get pictues of the
hole cs
ell. Thisill p
otect you in cse
dditionl d
mges
ppefte
theccident.
pictu
e of the othed
ive’s license pl
te<st
ong>: Yououldn’t believe ho
mny people cl
im theye
en’t diving thei
c oth
t theic
s neve
inn
ccident.lthough, it’s h
d to deny pictu
es ofd
mged c
combined
ith pictues of the license pl
te. Bonus points if you cn get the license pl
tend d
mge in the s
me pictue.
mes
nd contct info
mtion of
itnesses<st
ong>: People LIE, especilly
hen it comes to money.hen
dive
seesn inc
esed insu
nce bill st
ing them in the f
ce, they my quickly
emembethe events of the
ccident much diffeently th
n you do. If you hve
itnesses to suppot you
clim, the othe
ptyill h
veh
de
time gettingy
ith theilies.
physic
l evidence<st
ong>: e thee
ny skid mks? s thee
ny pope
ty dm
ge? Is thee
stop sign lying on the gound? T
kepictu
e ofnything th
t you think might help youc
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st,nd most impo
tnt
eson to seek medic
l cefte
collision is bec
use NOTHING is moe impo
tnt th
n youhe
lthnd
ellbeing. If you think you hve
boken bone,
concussion, o bin injuy, you
ill likely be diected, o
even tnspoted by
mbulnce, to the E
. Even if you don’t needn
mbulnce, m
ke sue you go to
n emegency
oom ou
gent ce centeto
t lest get checked out.
In
ddition to getting te
tment, thee is one impo
tnt thing you should
emembebout seeing the docto. This is the fi
st time tht you
injuies
nd youside of the sto
yill be documented. This info
mtion
ill be used by insunce compnies. Be 100 pe
cent tuthful
bout youinju
ies. Don’t ovest
te ounde
stte the deg
ee of pin. Mention eve
ything. This islso not
time to tlk
bout blme.
hetheo
not you think you contibuted to the
ccident, thisould not be the p
opetime to discuss th
t. Tke c
e of you
injuies
nd it to sot th
t out lte
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e
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ed?<h3>
ftenccident, it’s no
ml fo
people to ignoe signs of
n injuy. Some people
cceptlittle p
in becuse of the
ccident. But “little” p
in cn be
sign ofmo
e seious inju
y. If you e suddenly expeiencing p
infte
n
ccident, even if it’scouple of d
ys lte
, youe
lly should be evlu
ted bymedic
l pofession
l. PLUS, the sooneyou
e seen
ftenccident, the mo
e seiously the insu
nce comp
nyill t
ke youcl
im. Hee
e
fecommon inju
iesfte
n
ccident:ong>Soft Tissue Inju ies< st
ong>: Soft tissue injuies
e often mocked
s“m
de-up” injuy
fte fendebende
. Hoeve
, soft tissue injuies
e ve
y muche
l – justsk
nyoneho h
s expeienced neck
nd bck p
infte
c
ccident.soft tissue neck o
bck inju
y is most often theesult of
e
-end
ccident.hen you
e sitting in you
c, youhe
dnd you
bck
e
ligned pllel to the se
t. Buthen you
e hit f
om behind, youhe
d sings b
cknd then violently fo
d. If this sounds p
inful, IT CET
INLY IS. Soft tissue injuies c
n stin the muscles in youneck
nd bck
nd cuse subst
ntil p
in foeeks omonths follo
ingn
ccident. Seious c
ses of soft tissue dm
ge cn
esult fom t
um
ticlly inju
ed bulging ohe
nited discs.
ong>Tum tic b
in inju
ies<st
ong>:ny b
in inju
y is seious. Most of the time, these inju
ies hppen
hen youhe
d is slmmed
ginst
n object in the c. This my include the
indo, the se
t, the steeing
heel, othe
ib
g. In sevee
ccidents,penet
ting
ound to the hed c
n cuse
bin injuy. Unless
n object entes you
skull oyou lose consciousness, you m
y not immeditely
elize you h
veb
in inju
y. You should seek medicl c
e the moment you st
t to develop
ny symptoms tht could be c
used fom
bin injuy. Bette
yet, get checked out if you even think you my h
ve hit youhe
d. Common symptoms ofb
in inju
y include hed
ches, dizziness, chnges in mood, ch
nges in sleep, memoy p
oblems,nd difficulty concent
ting.
ong>Spin l co
d injuies
l co
d injuies
e obvious,
nd sometimes they e moe subtle. The biggest conce
n is plysis. If you c
n’t moveny p
t of you
body, hve someone c
ll 911. This ismedic
l emegency. But like t
um
tic bin injuies, spin
l cod inju
ies don’tl
ys
ppeight
y eithe. Symptoms m
y occus the cod s
ells obleeds. Be
let fo
symptoms tht m
y indicte
spinl co
d injuy. This includes numbness, tingling, difficulty moving, o
loss of senstion. Othe
symptoms include difficulty be
thingnd loss of bo
el obl
ddecont
ol.<li>
oken bones ong>: B
oken bones
e p
inful.nd once
gin, they
en’t
lys obvious. Unless you hve
n open fctue
hee the bone sticks out f
om the skin (YES, it hppens), you
on’t beble to see you
be
k. Hoeve
, youill likely feel it. Do not
ttempt to puteight on
boken bone o
use it. Seek medicl t
etment
ighty. Del
ying ce cn m
ke youinju
y eveno
se.<li>
h
t if I c
nnotffo
d medicl c
e?
It is t
ue tht medic
l ce is vey expensive.
hetheit is
nmbul
nceide to
full-fledged hospitl eme
gencyoom,
visit ton u
gent ce cente, o
simplyvisit to
doctoo
chiop
cto
, te
tment costs money. Mny people do not h
ve helth insu
nce,
nd evenhen they do, the p
ospect of deductibles oco-p
ys still leve medic
l ce expensive oout of
ech.
One T st n ney c situ bility in m nces to help you obt l c e unde lien, o of p n ney c ovide omise to p medic ovide
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c
se is settled oothe
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esolved, so tht st n obt l t tment st st t no up f tto n even negoti eductions on these medic hen necess y, ensu t you still obt ximum “net” y possible.6. Hi
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