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"Spinal injuries can occur in many ways but the most common
causes include falling from a height, sports injuries and road
accidents. You should always suspect a spinal injury when
unusual or abnormal forces have been exerted on the back or
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During the decade of the 1960s, physicians and other medical
professionals engaged in the treatment of spinal cord injury
sought to align themselves as a group, in an effort to exchange
ideas and work together toward the establishment of a model for
care delivery to this patient population. The early 1970s brought
support for the concept of a model of care from the Rehabilitation
Services Administration (under the then Department of Health,
Education and Welfare) which created the "model spinal cord injury
systems" program. Currently sixteen such models exist nationwide,
supported by the Department of Education, National Institute on
Disability and Rehabilitation Research. It was out of this group
the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) was created in 1973.
ASIA held its first official meeting in
1973, with twenty-one members present. Currently, ASIA has nearly
600 members. In 1974, attendance at the meeting was expanded to
include non-physicians. The first formal scientific session was
held in 1975 in New York City. That same year, the association
incorporated in Illinois and the Central Office was opened in
Chicago. Several years later, a second office was established in
Atlanta, Georgia which managed the clinical meeting planning.
These two offices currently manage all of the administrative and
operational activities of the association.
ASIA is governed by a
Board of Directors, whose membership
composition is reflective of the multidisciplinary nature of its
members. There are twelve (12) Directors, three of whom also serve
as elected Officers. Nomination to the Board of ASIA is
accomplished through the Directors Nominating Committee, comprised
of the immediate past-president (chair) and five others who are
either current or past members of the Board. Nominations for new
Board appointments are submitted to the current Board of Directors
for final vote. Individuals nominated to the Board of Directors
will typically have demonstrated significant contribution to the
association either by service on
committees or the scientific program, or
who have made significant contribution to the field of spinal cord
injury. |
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To succeed in a claim against another
driver it is necessary to show that they were negligent
which means that they must have failed to act reasonably and
in a manner which respects the safety of other drivers.
Money can never compensate adequately for serious personal
injury or death an innocent party is entitled to just and
fair damages to compensate so far as is possible for their
injury and losses.
Legal cases are won or lost on the
available evidence and the following information should be
obtained and preserved for your attorney as soon as
possible;
- The other driver’s name,
address, date of birth, telephone number.
- The other driver’s license
number and insurance company name and policy number.
- The name and badge number of the
attending police officer.
- The names, addresses and phone
numbers of any witnesses.
- Attend a doctor or hospital to
document any injury.
- Make a detailed personal note
about the accident as soon as possible.
- A diagram of street layout,
position of vehicles and location of witnesses.
- Photograph the accident scene,
damage to the vehicles and any visible injuries.
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