{"id":1197,"date":"2004-09-17T13:24:23","date_gmt":"2004-09-17T20:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/news\/?p=583"},"modified":"2004-09-17T13:24:23","modified_gmt":"2004-09-17T20:24:23","slug":"fall-2004-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2004\/09\/17\/fall-2004-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2004 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;AITKEN * AITKEN * COHN<\/p>\n<h2>REDUCE RISK OF INJURY IN CAR CRASHES<\/h2>\n<p>A news article that recently crossed our desks outlined some simple tips to help avoid physical injury in the common rear-end vehicle collision.&nbsp; They include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brace yourself\u2013 Contrary to the popular opinion that a loose and relaxed posture helps prevent injury, bracing oneself before impact is the appropriate response.&nbsp; Contracted muscles better protects bones, cervical discs and nerves from the jolt of the collision.<\/li>\n<li>Sit straight\u2013 Look forward with your body squarely against the seat makes maximum use of the blow-cushioning design of the car seat.&nbsp; Bending forward also places one in nearer vicinity to<br \/>\nthe air bag, the explosive engagement of which often causes serious injury itself.<\/li>\n<li>Keep a distance from the steering wheel\u2013 Sitting at least six inches from the steering wheel minimizes serious air-bag caused injury.&nbsp; Those who need pedal extenders to maintain this<br \/>\ndistance should obtain them.<\/li>\n<li>Set headrest\u2013 Headrests are designed to prevent neck and head injury, but they are only effective if they are properly set.&nbsp; In fact, a headrest that is adjusted to low can increase<br \/>\nthe injury-producing whiplash effect of a collision.&nbsp; The headrest should contact the area just above the ear to function properly.<\/li>\n<li>Position seat belts\u2013 Not using the shoulder restraint section of the belt allows violent upper torso movement and increases the probability of a spinal cord injury.&nbsp; Children should use<br \/>\nchild restraint and booster seats until they are large enough to wear a lap\/shoulder harness properly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Statistics indicate that the average person will be involved in a car collision once every ten years.&nbsp; By being prepared and taking the above steps, the chances of walking away from such a collision injury-free are greatly increased.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;AITKEN * AITKEN * COHN REDUCE RISK OF INJURY IN CAR CRASHES A news article that recently crossed our desks outlined some simple tips to help avoid physical injury in the common rear-end vehicle collision.&nbsp; They include: Brace yourself\u2013 Contrary to the popular opinion that a loose and relaxed posture helps prevent injury, bracing oneself&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/2004\/09\/17\/fall-2004-newsletter\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[69,826],"class_list":["post-1197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-aitken","tag-vehicular-accidents"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}