Burn Injury Information - Florida Personal Injury

Burn Injuries

The American Burn Association reports that fire and burn deaths occurred over 4,000 times in 2007, 500,000 people required medical intervention for burns, plus 65,000 additional hospitalizations were reported last year. Burns are caused from a variety of reasons such as: when heat or chemicals come in contact with the skin, prolonged sun exposure, chemical burns, tar injuries at work, and a variety of other tissue damage. Burn injuries can cause not only skin damage, but can also cause serious damage to muscles, nerve endings, and other tissues under the skin. This sort of serious injury can cause mobility problems.

There are many causes for burn injuries:

Workers’ Compensation Injuries
Coffee Burns from Negligent Supervision (daycare)
Children Playing with Fires
Defective Candles, Heaters, and Fireplaces
Lighters & Matches
Airbag Deployment and Automobile Accidents
Flammable Liquid Fuel Explosions
Scalding Water
Electrical Accidents at home and Work Related Injury
Industrial Accidents
Gasoline Spills
Chemical Contact Burn
Prolonged Exposure to Sun

There are literally hundreds of possible causes of burns from a work related accident, to a child playing with matches, to a burn caused by an automobile accident. No matter what caused the burn injury this type of personal injury can cause serious pain and suffering. Depending upon the severity of the burn, burn victims may suffer serious trauma and psychological pain. They may dread leaving the house or resuming normal social and work duties. Chronic pain resulting from burns can plague victims for months, and on some occasions for years. Physical therapy, wound care, and lengthy rehabilitation may be needed to regain lost mobility, and to decrease contractures. Unfortunately, burn victims often face an uphill battle when seeking help and guidance. Many bodily injury or liability insurance companies view post burn treatments as purely cosmetic and may offer little or no assistance for this type of surgery and rehabilitation, even though it may be needed for victims to recover physically and emotionally from their injuries. This is where our background can help. Our Florida private investigators have a dynamic background including extensive work with burn victims and the extraordinary measures needed to heal.

For these reasons, it is imperative that you contact qualified Florida private investigators, as well as Florida personal injury attorneys to help you. The offices of CTK INVESTIGATIONS, LLC can help you present your case in a clear and factual basis to the adjuster, providing expert witnesses, as well as directly relating your injuries to the your accident. Our goals are to ensure you get the best medical care possible, as well as to provide the investigation needed to assist your Florida personal injury attorney to get you compensation for your injuries. After you seek immediate medical attention for your burn injuries, ensure you seek help from experienced Florida private investigators and Florida burn injury attorneys. With our assistance, you may have access to the resources necessary to pay for lost income and the quality medical treatment you deserve. Click here to contact Cory T. Knight today, or call us at (954) 652-0733.

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More information on burns:

First-degree burns are usually limited to redness (erythema), a white plaque, and minor pain at the site o injury. These burns usually extend only into the epidermis.

Second-degree burns additionally fill with clear fluid, have superficial blistering of the skin, and can involve more or less pain depending on the level of nerve involvement. Second-degree burns involve the superficial (papillary) dermis and may also involve the deep (reticular) dermis layer.

Third-degree burns are which most of the epidermis is lost. They additionally have charring of the skin, and sometimes produce hard eshcars. An eschar is a scab that has separated from the unaffected part of the body. These types of burns are often considered painless, because nerve endings have been destroyed in the burned areas. However, there is in reality a significant amount of pain involved in a third degree burn. Hair follicles and sweat glands may also be lost. Third degree burns result in scarring elastic banding of the skin can smooth the scarred skin. Third degree burns over large surface areas are often fatal.

Fourth-degree burns are burns in which most of the dermis is lost often burning the muscle underneath. These burns usually present hard-to-reverse damage to the skin and there is little sensation in the burn area as a result. These type of burns will require hospitalization. Grafting is needed to close up the areas.

Fifth-degree burns are burns in which most of the hypodermis is lost charring and exposing the muscle underneath. Sometimes, fifth-degree burns can be fatal.
Sixth-degree burns are burn types in which almost all the muscle tissue in the area is burned away leaving almost nothing but charred bone. Often, sixth-degree burns are deadly. Sixth-degree burns are the highest in the burn category.

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