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Originally Posted by AmyMarie
bballana,
My husband was involved in a MVA last month and at one point, he was actually thinking of NOT going to the hospital. Once the fire company and police saw that he lost conciousness, they didn't take him to just any hospital, but to a trauma unit. For someone who didn't want to go, he ended up as an inpatient for 3 days! He had CAT scans, and MRI and other tests.
Plus, in your situation with airbag deployment, you usually do not have a choice as to wether you go to the hospital or not. It's automatic. How do you know that something else is not going on other than PCS? You never were checked out, let alone had any tests done (CAT scan, MRI, etc).
If you lost conciousness (LOC) it was very irresponsible of the rescue or any other abled person involved in the accident to not get you checked out. On the other hand, auto insurance policies have medical coverage. It is not to late to call your auto insurance company and tell them that you need to open a medical claim for the auto accident you were in 2 months ago and that you are going to the hospital to get checked out. Once your insurance company gives you a claim number, you give that to the hospital and they bill your auto insurance company.
You are having late effects of the accident and this is common.
Good Luck!
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I had never been in an accident before so I didn't really know what to do and the other two cars involved left after we shared insurance so no emergency personnel were involved. I didn't feel off until hours later after I had my car towed and was back at home and just figured I had a slight concussion. Also I have a very high pain tolerance which sometimes gets in my way cause I don't realize there is a problem until much later than most people. The symptoms didn't get terrible until a few days later which is when I decided to move home and saw my family doctor. Everything with him came back normal, as it has every other time, so he just said I needed to rest and take aleve for the pain.