Legal Services for Burned Victims in Southern California

Need burn injury attorneys in West Los Angeles, or other major California city such as Santa Ana, CA? If you can't locate an aggressive burn injury lawyer in West Los Angeles, Orange County or the United States, your not alone. Burn injuries are now at epidemic levels in North America, and are understood by doctors and experienced personal injury attorneys to be a major health care obstacle, more serious than other major epidemics.

Burn injury is recognized by medical professionals and most doctors as a major problem because of its lifelong emotional and physical effects. Finding experienced Los Angeles burn injury attorneys is not as easy as it seems. Finding a good burn injury doctor who knows  how to treat a burn injury is also no walk in the park.

Get the Best Legal and Medical Care for Your California Burn Case

In the 50's there were fewer than ten hospitals in the United States specializing in these types of injuries. Recently, there have been major advancements in comprehending the problems associated with burn injury and there are now approximately two hundred burn care centers in the United States. Our experienced West Los Angeles burn injury attorney could help you find an experienced medical professional to help you get the best medical treatment for your serious injuries like scaring, melted skin, nerve damage and even inability to sweat.

California Burn Statistics Indicate Most Burns are
Preventable

Burn injury accident statistics prove at least fifty percent of all burn injury is preventable. One of every thirteen building fire deaths in the United States was caused or created by a child. Children playing with fire/matches, as an example, account for more than one-third of preschool children burn injury deaths by fire. The following information is for your burn injury education:

In the United States, approximately two point four million burns are reported and compiled every year. Approximately 650,000 burn injuries are treated by hospital; 75,000 humans are hospitalized. Of those burn victims hospitalized, 20,000 have major damages involving at least 25% of their total body areas. Between 8,000 and 12,000 of patients with burn burn injury die, and approximately one million will incur significant or permanent disabilities resulting from his or her burn injury. (Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation, May/June 1992)

(Note: These statistics are for the United States only and only consider burn injury that is actually reported by hospitals and burn victims. Many burn injury, for which people seek relief, goes un-reported, such as sunburn injury, scalds from a caustic liquid, match and lighter burns, curling iron burns, from coffee, tea, and clothing irons, etc.)

• Children, newborn to approximately two years of age, are often admitted to the hospital for emergency burns. The kitchen is the most common area in the U.S. dwelling house where burn injuries occur for children newborn to four. The next most common burn injury location is in the bathroom.

• Burn Injury is close to car collisions as the leading cause of
  accidental deaths in the United States.


• The Bureau of Labor Statistics published the following burn
  statistics for 1992:


• 41,000 heat burn injuries culminated in about four lost days of
  employment work per person. The most recent figures are: 16,500
  retail burns; 9,500 manufacturing job burn injuries; 8,600 service
  industry burn injuries (such as food service).


• 15,700 significant chemical burns culminated in about two lost
  days of work per person. Those averages are: 5,800 manufacturing
  burn injuries (such as chemical producers); 3,200 service industry
  burns; 2,600 retail industry burns and burn injuries.


• People ages five to seventy four, get most burn injuries
  outside the home, with the next most common burn injury area being
  the kitchen area.


• From ages 75 and above, kitchen burn injury in the home is the
  most common area for burn injury to occur. Outdoor burn injury fire
  accidents are the next most common burn injury locations.


• Burn injury and and fires are the most common causes of
  accidental types of death in the U.S. home for children fourteen
  years of age and under and the third leading cause of accidental
  death entirely, for adults.


• Scalds are the major nexus of burn injury death in the home for
  children from birth to age four and are forty percent of the burn
  injuries for children up to age 14.


• The U.S. National Burn Information Exchange claims that people
  older than sixty have an increased risk of burn injury. Their burn
  injury risk is higher than any other time since youth. Their
  average burn injury is more significant than for any other burn
  victim age group.


• The most typical burn injury accidents for older adults, are
  from flame or scalding, lighting trash fires or a furnace, bathing
  or falling asleep while smoking.


• The U.S. National Fire Protection Agency claims that the one
  age class more likely than not to be killed in a house fire is
  seventy five years and above. High-voltage electric injuries
  account for approximately 3% of hospital admissions for burn
  injuries.

• Burn injury is one of the most expensive catastrophic injuries to treat. For example, a burn of 30% of total body area can cost more than $200,000 in initial hospital bills. For extensive burn injury, there are additional significant costs which will include costs for repeat admission for reconstruction and for rehabilitation.

If you, a family member, or someone you know have sustained a serious injury and you want to determine whether you have a Personal Injury claim and/or a Worker's Compensation claim, please contact the experienced West Los Angles burn Injury Attorneys at the Ehline Law Firm PC.

Learn how to identify high-risk burn situations by reading the Burn injury statistics. Be prepared know the attorney locations for Los Angeles personal injury attorneys who take burn and disfigurement cases. Ehline Law Firm PC litigates all types of California civil Burn Injury cases in Orange County Courts, Los Angeles Courts, San Bernardino Courts.

We also invited you to read more on our Burn Injury Practice Center Page. Learn more from fire injury lawyers. If your in an emergency and you can't get to a doctor, read here about how to treat a burn injury. A California burn injury lawyer in Los Angeles or other California city is only a phone call or e-mail away. Call the emergency center toll Free Hotline at 888-400-9721.

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