It is important to take notes on your injury
If you were injured in an accident – be it a car accident, work related injury, or personal injury – you will need records of your injuries to receive compensation. If the injury is very serious, you should see a doctor immediately and take notes of how you are feel immediately after the accident, before, and during treatment. Even if the injuries seem minor, you should take note. All minor injuries and slight discomforts have the potential to become serious, chronic injuries if not treated immediately and properly.
Write down where it hurts and what kind of pain you are feeling. Some words to describe your pain are listed below. Try to be as accurate and detailed as possible, using as many of the words above as possible. They will help a doctor to evaluate and diagnose your pain and treatment.
You may describe your pain resulting from injury as:
throbbing, pulsing, pounding, shooting, sharp, cramping, pressing, pulling, hot, burning, tingling, itching, stinging, dull, sore, aching, tender, numb, tight, tiring, frightening, blinding, annoying, troublesome, miserable, intense, unbearable, spreading, piercing…
It is important to bear in mind that not all injuries are purely physical. After an accident you might experience mental discomfort, anxiety, memory loss, and perhaps depression and other serious mental maladies. Mental injuries can be just as serious as physical injuries and it is essential that you record your metal state after an accident.
It is important to take these notes as close to the accident as possible, the sooner you write this information down the more reliable it will be. Courts and juries strongly favor personal records that were created as close to the accident as possible. Likewise, your case will do better in the courts if you seek medical or legal assistance immediately after the accident as opposed to days, weeks or months after. In all accidents involving injury, you should see a doctor immediately, as to quickly address your injuries and to establish medical records that can be used in court as evidence or for insurance purposes.
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