Things To Do After A Car Accident. Right Now

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Things To Do After A Car Accident. Right Now
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Those minutes after a car accident are a shock.
You might feel disoriented, perhaps panicked. You
might be angry at the other driver, or upset at
yourself.Whatever you are feeling, you need to
keep your cool and deal with the situation. After
the police have been called if there were
injuries or youve exchanged information and
are heading to a collision reporting centre,
there are a few more things you need to think
about
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Call Your Doctor Even if you were seen by a
paramedic at the scene and were cleared, you were
in shock after the accident. When the body goes
into shock, you can experience confusion,
anxiousness, rapid heartbeat, rapid breathing,
even nausea or vomiting. In other words, youre
not necessarily thinking clearly.While you might
have not been in immediate and urgent need of
medical attention,
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you might find that the situation changes quickly
and the sooner you go and see your family
physician, the sooner he or she can note the
symptoms you are experiencing.Ideally, you would
do this within 24 hours of the accident. I think
its common sense Your number one priority is
always your health, and from a legal perspective,
the timeline of potential injuries is very
important when it comes to dealing with the
insurance company. The best person to document
that accurately is your doctor.
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Call A LawyerYou feel fine and your car is being
repaired, youve got a rental vehicle and its
back to business as usual. Do you still need to
call a lawyer? Yes. Why? One simple reason soft
tissue injuries, to say nothing of more serious
conditions, dont always develop in the hours and
days that follow an accident. Sometimes it takes
a week or two to really get a handle on whats
happening to your body.Whats a soft tissue
injury? It is an injury that isnt immediately
visible and involves, not surprisingly, the soft
tissues of the body muscles, tendons, ligaments.
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You cant get an x-ray for these and ultimately,
your injury is diagnosed largely on reporting of
symptoms and range of motion tests.The
seriousness of any injuries might still be an
unknown, but the details of the incident are
fresh in your mind. If you get a lawyer involved
from beginning, they can establish an accurate
timeline, a detailed description of the accident
and get the information you might need in the
future.They know what to gather, what to ask and
the sooner they get to ask you, the more likely
the information will be accurate and reliable.
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As the weeks go by, the details of the accident
will become less sharp and any reporting may be
less accurate not through any intentional
omission on your part, but just because of the
nature of memory and how it works  Memory
blanks, flashbacks and an eventual distortion of
the traumatic event are all normal reactions to
experiencing a disaster.
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Keep Your ReceiptsAfter your accident, make sure
you get an old shoe box and keep every single
receipt for anything and everything that is
connected to the incident.Did you replace a
coffee mug that was shattered in the accident?
Keep the receipt.Did you take a taxi to your
doctors appointment? Keep the receipt.Did you
have to pay for tests, hospital parking or
physiotherapy? Keep the receipt.
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Without receipts, you wont be able to collect
what you are owed by the insurance company, or at
least not as easily. If you can provide proof of
expenses, it will be much easier to get all of
that sorted out with your adjuster.After all,
they are doing their job by asking for this
information, to corroborate your claim, so make
it easier all around by having what they need
handy and well organized, even if it is only in a
shoe box.Remember, the most important thing
after an accident is to stay calm. After that,
call for help. You dont have to deal with it all
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