Workers’ Compensation Medical Treatment can employ various questionnaires to assess an Injured Workers’ need for treatment. One of these questionnaires is called CAGE-AID. This article will discuss the purpose of the CAGE-AID questionnaire, how it is used in an industrial treatment setting, and how it may impact an injured worker’s treatment. What is the CAGE-AID… Continue reading What You Need To Know About The Cage-aid Questionnaire And Workers’ Compensation
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EXERTIONAL HEAT SYNDROME: HEATED WORK ENVIRONMENTS, WORK INJURIES AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Heat Exertion can produce serious injuries in the workplace. The medical condition is commonly known as Exertional Heat Illness (ESI.) Heat Illnesses are multi-causal. Human’s body temperatures can be elevated by a number of factors. First, there is the heat and humidity in the environment. Second, there is the clothing and equipment being used by… Continue reading EXERTIONAL HEAT SYNDROME: HEATED WORK ENVIRONMENTS, WORK INJURIES AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
ALTERED MEDICAL STATES (AMS) AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION: INJURED WORKERS, MENTAL STATUS, AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Updated: February 18, 2025 Altered Medical States (AMS) is a medical condition of import within the Workers’ Compensation System. Irrespective of whether the Injured Worker’s AMS is work-related or not, the fact that an Injured Worker has such a condition which may impact their ability to communicate and their ability to understand is of concern.… Continue reading ALTERED MEDICAL STATES (AMS) AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION: INJURED WORKERS, MENTAL STATUS, AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW