Statistics show that there were over a thousand serious injuries of children in daycare last year alone that required medical attention and/or hospitalization. Under the circumstances I believe it would be valuable to provide families with guidelines established by some of the most well-known child guidance oversight organizations in the country to reduce the potential [...]
Memorial Hermann Hospital operates a helicopter service that transports injury victims in the Houston area to the Texas medical Center and is responsible for saving countless lives every year. In Houston’s congested highways particularly during peak traffic times getting an injury victim to the care they need is often a very difficult and slow process. [...]
Wrongful death is traumatic to surviving families – and usually results in hidden costs – starting with the price of a funeral and burial. Consider the following information. The individual services and products of a funeral include: *the casket and other products such as a temporary grave marker and prayer cards *professional and administrative services [...]
Distracted driving is a major focus of a variety of organizations around the country including textkills and focusdriven. In a recent year 6000 highway deaths were attributed to distracted driving. The greatest culprit is the driver who attempts to receive and send text messages while driving. This single act has been found to have the [...]
Everyone should learn CPR. It can be a valuable and life-saving tool and should be taught in high schools and other venues. What has recently been reported is that a new technique is being recommended by the American Heart Association which is hands only CPR. The old CPR recommendation included chest compressions combined with mouth-to-mouth [...]
It will probably come as no surprise to readers that even after Americans spend billions of dollars on vehicle insurance that the companies are not as forthcoming in paying out on claims. Oh sure, they’ll parade themselves across television and other media ads as sensitive, honest, forthright and forthcoming – forever declaring that their number [...]
Perhaps one of the most valuable agencies in all of the federal government is the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration or NHTSA – established in 1970. The organization is part of the larger Transportation Department and their mission is simple – “save lives, prevent injuries, reduce vehicle-related crashes”. Their responsibilities are actually quite diverse and [...]
Recently, officers in the Woodlands were dispatched to investigate an intoxicated driver. Reports indicate that the vehicle was swerving into oncoming traffic as well as running over curbs. Finally, an officer got the vehicle to stop and actually had to break a window to get the driver out of the vehicle, according to reports. Further [...]
Men’s Health published a very good story about the 100 best car tips for consumers. The list was so good I thought it was helpful to mention some of the better tips with a few of our own. Here they are — part one: Replace your windshield wipers every three months Reduce distractions — avoid [...]
Houston has two epidemics going on at the same time. The first is a very high percentage of drunk driving accidents and the second being hit and run accidents. Not long ago a local media provider did a study on Houston hit and run fatal accidents and the statistics were alarming. Not only do we [...]
