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e

end collision do

n fo

you.

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c

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ight. It

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ll. See, the thing is,

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nd feel

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lso h

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esulting f

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e

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m

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nd this c

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ve e end collision victim in SE

IOUS p

in. If th

t pe

son is lucky, the p

in subsides

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tun

tely, not eve

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ves c

n get pinched o

d

m

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neck inju

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the s

elling th

t follo

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f

om l

sting he

d

ches, dizziness, ch

onic p

in,

nd limited nge of motion.<

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onic p

in th

t

ccomp

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n le

d ong>victims to become

eli

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nge

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bout neck inju

ies: the soone

you t

e

t them, the bette

the he

lth outcome. One ong>common mist

ke ong>

e

end

ccident victims sometimes m

ke is declining medic

l

ttention

t the

ccident scene thinking they h

ve esc

ped bec

use they feel “ok,” only to discove

they

e

e not so lucky

hen they develop ong>seve

e, debilit

ting ong> neck inju

y symptoms in the d

ys follo

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ccident.

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ith neck inju

ies in pticul, you m

y not even see the symptoms of the inju

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lys seek medic

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ccident, even one you think you’ve “

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ccident is lucky. Still, the

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st of those th

t commonly h

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ccidents d

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hich consists of bones (ve

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bso

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nyone

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b

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n t

ke multiple su

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nd even then, m

ny b

ck-inju

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sit in one position fo

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n limit you

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k o

to enjoy life. ong>The p

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n get even

o

se.

seve

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n c

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m

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l co

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nd disks th

t sends mess

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e end collisions e just “mino

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se, let me fill you in on

nothe

se

ious, life-

lte

ing inju

y common to these

ccidents.

The violent “

hipping” motion of the he

d involved in

high-imp

ct collision c

n c

use seve

e d

m

ge to the ong>b

in itself ong>. See, the bin essenti

lly ong>flo

ts ong> inside you

skull.

hen you sust

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SEVE

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he

d—even if you

he

d does not

ctu

lly st

ike

nything—the fo

ce c

n m

ke you

b

in t

ist oot

te in you

skull. Th

t movement c

n te bin tissue

nd seve

ne

ve connections.

“Mino

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m

ge f

om these fo

ces

ill f

equently le

ve you

ith

concussion,

hich c

n c

use l

sting effects like he

d

ches, n

use

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tigue,

nd “b

in fog.” Mo

e se

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nd

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m

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bin c

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ong>tum

tic b

in inju

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st

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hich include moto

, cognitive,

nd emotion

l imp

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ments.

hethe

“mino

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o

se, bin inju

ies c

n t

ke ong>yes to ove

come ong>. Do not m

ke the mist

ke of thinking th

t just bec

use you did not bump you

he

d in e end collision, you c

nnot h

ve sust

ined

bin inju

y. ong>See

docto

ight

y<

st

ong>, even if you think you “feel fine.” Bin inju

ies do not necess

ily exhibit symptoms immedi

tely,

nd some inju

ies even get

o

se ove

time

s s

elling occu

s

ithin you

skull. Just like

hen

thletes get t

ken off the field

fte n

sty collision, docto

s c

n

un you th

ough

“p

otocol” to ev

lu

te you fo

b

in inju

y immedi

tely

fte

you

ccident. ong>Let them check you out<

st

ong>. Ely inte

vention c

n m

ke

HUGE diffe

ence in you

ecove

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om

bin inju

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used by e end collision.

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So f

, I h

ve only focused on the types of inju

ies common to occup

nts of the ong>le

d c<

st

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t the st

t, ho

eve

, ong>eve

yone ong> in e end

ccident

isks getting hu

t. ong>Just

bout eve

y “othe

” type of inju

y<

st

ong> you c

n think of c

n

lso h

ppen. D

ive

s

nd p

ssenge

s of eithe

vehicle f

ce

e

l

nd subst

nti

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isk of b

oken bones, disloc

ted joints, to

n lig

ments

nd tendons, l

cetions,

b

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nd bu

ns, to n

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Plus, Secondy Collision Inju

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ho

I desc

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mple, ho c

ossing t

uck bely missed you

c

hen the fo

ce of the

e end collision pushed it into

n inte

section?

ell, im

gine if the t

uck couldn’t stop. Th

t second

ccident—most likely

h

t

e

ould c

ll

“T-bone” o

“

ngul

” collision—comes

ith its o

n sep

te, ong>de

dly<

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nge

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t

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t

esult f

om

secondy

ccident still flo

di

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om the initi

l

e end collision. They e

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If you’ve

e

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I suspect you h

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l

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ught my d

ift

hen it comes to the ong>fi

st thing you should<

st

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fte

e end collision. But, just in c

se you skipped ove

me s

ying it: ong>Get medic

l

ttention immedi

tely ong>. follo

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s

pp

op

i

te. ong>DO NOT SKIP SEEING

DOCTO

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e

e t

o

e

sons

hy seeing the doc is so impo

t

nt. Fi

st, bec

use you

he

lth m

tte

s. Second, bec

use seeing

docto

immedi

tely

fte

getting into

e

end collision ong>p

otects you

leg

l

ights.<

st

ong> He

e is

h

t you ong>do not nt<

st

ong> to h

ve h

ppen: You get into e end collision, think (incoectly) you “feel fine,”

e

lize

fe

eeks l

te

th

t you

bsolutely do not feel fine, but h

ve

n insu

nce comp

ny tell you it

on’t cove

you

medic

l expenses bec

use you c

n’t p

ove you

inju

ies h

ppened bec

use of the c

ccident. Going to the doctoight

y sho

s

di

ect c

use-

nd-effect bet

een the

ccident

nd

ny inju

y the docto

finds. You c

n use the

eco

ds seeing the docto

genetes

s ong>evidence<

st

ong> if you l

te

seek ong>d

m

ges ong> f

om the p

ty

ho c

used you

e

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ccident. The ong>next ong> thing you should do is spe

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you h

ve seen

doctond gotten the ce you need to st

bilize you

he

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s possible.

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t c

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g

e

t c

ccident l

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m so ve

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  m

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  ve suffe

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  om you

  e

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  ms of p

  esent

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  ccident inflicted on you

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  ith those p

  ties fo

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n dis

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