Catastrophic Injury Information
Rehab begins for dragging victim (The Journal-Standard) A month after being dragged by a car for nearly a mile through the streets of Rockford, sustaining catastrophic injuries, 21-year-old Aaron Williams is hanging in there ? and his parents say that the driver of the car recently admitted in a letter to them that she knew Williams was trapped beneath her vehicle.
School playground main injury source (Winnipeg Free Press) Children are more likely to be injured on their school playground than anywhere else in school or on school activities, says the public school system's safety expert. But in St. James-Assiniboia School Division, officials have made changes that reduced playground injuries by 20 per cent last year, superintendent Ron Weston said recently.
Boy suffers 'catastrophic' injury (BBC News) A young boy suffered a "catastrophic brain injury" after nearly drowning in a south Wales swimming pool, a court hears.
Asada and Joubert go for gold at Trophee Bompard (AP via Yahoo! News) World champion Mao Asada of Japan will be hard-pressed to defend her Trophee Bompard title, and former champion Brian Joubert wants to make up for missing last year's event by reclaiming the crown he won in 2006.
Bev Farm suffers as state?s debt grows (The Telegraph) GODFREY - The state of Illinois will keep operating, but agencies serving the community's most vulnerable are near collapse.
Whales lose as top US court says Navy can keep sonar (AFP via Yahoo! News) The US Supreme Court Wednesday ruled the US Navy can continue to use long-range sonar in exercises off the California coast, dismissing arguments that the practice was harmful to whales.
Asada and Joubert go for gold at Trophee Bompard (Lexington Herald-Leader) World champion Mao Asada of Japan will be hard-pressed to defend her Trophee Bompard title, and former champion Brian Joubert wants to make up for missing last year's event by reclaiming the crown he won in 2006. Joubert, who missed last year's Trophee Bompard with a virus, will compete in his first major international event of the year. The 18-year-old Asada is making her 2008 Grand Prix ...
Californians prepare for big earthquake (Times Online) At ten o'clock yesterday morning more than five million Americans dived to the floor and cowered under their desks.
$12m lawsuit over brain injury (The Courier Mail) THE family of a boy left brain-damaged after being swept into a flooded drain at a Gold Coast school is suing the Anglican Church for $11.7 million.
Boy suffered brain damage at pool with 'inadequate' lifeguard cover (icWales) A young boy suffered a ?catastrophic brain injury? after nearly drowning in a swimming pool which, it is claimed, lacked adequate lifeguard cover, a court heard today.
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