Burn Injuries

Truck accidents are devastating enough on their own—a tractor-trailer’s size and shape make it capable of causing far more serious accidents than other types of vehicles. But when a truck’s trailer catches on fire after a crash, victims may suffer some of the most excruciating and life-changing injuries possible. Severe burns require immediate medical attention,…

Anytime a person works near or comes into contact with exposed or defective electrical wires, they are at risk of an electrical burn. These types of burns are a little different from regular burns, and the damage they cause is often very serious. In fact, it is not uncommon for victims of electrical burns to…

There are many ways in which you can sustain burn injuries; whether you are in a car accident, an accident at work, or burnt while cooking a turkey dinner, burn injuries are painful and can leave you in agonizing pain and with disfiguring scars. While these consequences are bad enough, research shows that burn injuries…

Yesterday’s house fire in Des Plaines, which led to the tragic deaths of a mother and her four daughters, appears to be linked to a space heater, ABC 7 news reports. All four girls, the oldest of whom was six, were pronounced dead at the hospital. Their mother died at the scene. The father was…

Certain burn injuries are severe enough to require extensive medical treatment, including skin grafting and surgeries. With these critical and sometimes catastrophic injuries, recovery is often slow, preventing victims from be able to work, at least in the immediate term. In some cases, victims are never able to return to work, or at least to…

Just after midnight, a fire broke out on the 32nd floor of an apartment building in the Loop. The very good news is that no one died, and Chicago FD was able to put out the fire, without the need of evacuation, in an hour, according to ABC 7. Once again, our city’s finest showed…

Burn injuries often happen because of exposure to fire, liquid, chemicals, and steam. Burn injuries can happen anywhere, whether a person is at work, at home trying to prepare a meal, or even out in public at a store, restaurant, or shopping center. People who suffer burn injuries don’t always do so because they made…

You have three minutes or less to escape your home if it catches fire. This is much less time compared to decades ago. The reason for this is that furniture and other items in your home are made differently today, and these items burn much faster. A fire can completely consume your home in a…