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Crash Victim Life Survivor
Athanasia Houvarda
16 episodes
8 months ago
This is the last episode of season one and a very special episode. I start the discussion with Ernie Boxal, my guest, and he is sharing his experience of having 3 close calls of being involved in traffic accidents. What we have been saying all along these 15 episodes is that it is better to learn before getting injured and this is exactly the story with Ernie. He was never injured in a road accident although he did come very close on 3 different ocassions. Ernie is a storyteller and you can l...
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This is the last episode of season one and a very special episode. I start the discussion with Ernie Boxal, my guest, and he is sharing his experience of having 3 close calls of being involved in traffic accidents. What we have been saying all along these 15 episodes is that it is better to learn before getting injured and this is exactly the story with Ernie. He was never injured in a road accident although he did come very close on 3 different ocassions. Ernie is a storyteller and you can l...
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Crash Victim Life Survivor
Be careful but don't be fearful with Ernie Boxall
This is the last episode of season one and a very special episode. I start the discussion with Ernie Boxal, my guest, and he is sharing his experience of having 3 close calls of being involved in traffic accidents. What we have been saying all along these 15 episodes is that it is better to learn before getting injured and this is exactly the story with Ernie. He was never injured in a road accident although he did come very close on 3 different ocassions. Ernie is a storyteller and you can l...
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4 years ago
31 minutes

Crash Victim Life Survivor
I learned to slow down with Niall Finn
On a main road at night, Niall Finn, my guest on this episode, was travelling too fast, possibly over the speeding limit when a car came through a stop sign onto the road in front of him. Last minute he managed to swerve around it but his car tipped over and rolled several times. He was thrown out onto the road from the driver's window and was very lucky to have only minor injuries. Scratches and ripped clothes but not any fractures.A few words about Niall. He was born in Africa, grew u...
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4 years ago
34 minutes

Crash Victim Life Survivor
What do I do now? with James January
James January was burned September 1991. He was Branched but not Commissioned, Regular Army, Military Intelligence...a fancy way of saying that he got burned his senior year of college. At age 21, everything he worked for went up in smoke when the vehicle he was driving had some issues, to put it mildly. At one point the braking did not work properly, swerving out of its lane & rather than hit the oncoming car, taking out the family inside, he steered the truck right when it wa...
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4 years ago
37 minutes

Crash Victim Life Survivor
Listen to your body with Serita Valmond
Join me and my guest Serita Valmond on the 12th episode of season 1 where she will be sharing her experience of being involved in a road accident, 5 years ago, on July 4th. Serita’s active and thriving lifestyle was taken away from her when her car was struck from behind by a drunk driver. After a year of working with many doctors, undergoing traditional therapies, and taking 15 different medications, she was diagnosed with chronic pain and multiple invisible illnesses. Serita was physi...
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4 years ago
59 minutes

Crash Victim Life Survivor
Listen to your instict with Dr Dawn Menge
Dr. Dawn Menge is joining me on this episode to share her personal experiense of being involved in a drunk driver accident, 40 years ago. One of the questions I asked, was what she would do differently if she could, to avoid the accident that left her in traction and in a half body cast for months, and lifelong injuries, on her knees that stole her chance of being a voleeyball player. Her response?She would listen to her instict and not go on that date when she was 16 years of age. Dr. D...
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4 years ago
34 minutes

Crash Victim Life Survivor
I wanted to hold my son with Marjorie Aunos
Every year around the world, between 250.000 and 500.000 people suffer a spinal cord injury. Spinal injuries can be caused byfalls, acts of violence,car accidents, medical conditions surgical procedures sports.Here is a fact. The majority of spinal cord injuries are caused by preventable accidents. Number one on this list of causes are car accidents, touching 39.6% of all the spinal cord injuries. Joining me on this episode , is Marjorie Aunos, Ph.D. is a psycho...
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4 years ago
50 minutes

Crash Victim Life Survivor
Close Calls with Taranjit Athwal
An episode different from the previous ones but with many take aways when it comes to road safety. Not all accidents lead to severe injuries, but that doesn't mean that lessons are not learned. Taranjit is a young woman from the US and she is co-host of the Drive With Us Podcast. She loves the road and she is going for long drives on country roads. She has a daily roundtrip commute of 3 hours and has seen and experienced her fair share of craziness on the road. She has been rear-ended, s...
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4 years ago
33 minutes

Crash Victim Life Survivor
The road to recovery with Lily Chaterjee
Road accidents cause severe injuries everyday to people around the world. On this episode my guest and I, are discussing about the long road to recovery. Lily Chaterjee, a head on collision survivor, is joining me to share her experience of surviving multiple fractures all over her body and burn injuries. 3 months in the hospital and after dealing with the possibility of amputations and metals drilled in her bones, she managed to stay tall and walk out with a cane. But was that the end of her...
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4 years ago
43 minutes

Crash Victim Life Survivor
Daily Battles with Imogen Cauthery
An innocent nine-year old girl was crossing the road with her mum, sister and best friend in Crouch End, London. After looking both ways, and only taking one small step off the pavement, Imogen Cauthery’s life was changed forever.On that day, in 1996, a driver using a mobile phone lost control of the wheel for a split second and drove straight into Imogen, narrowly missing her mum and sister and instead of stopping, he drove away.Collapsed on the floor, a nearby doctor who had witnessed the i...
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4 years ago
26 minutes

Crash Victim Life Survivor
Give Hope with Pam Moore
Pam Moore has dedicated 40 years working as a nurse and caring for those in need. I was fortunate to have her by my side in the Intensive Care Unit of Saint Andrew's Broomfield Hospital in the UK. I am also honored to have her as a guest on my podcast, sharing her experience of providing care for burn survivors. It is a very special episode that gave me the opportunity to express my graditute to the medical team for all the work, the care and love I received while I was their patient in...
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4 years ago
36 minutes

Crash Victim Life Survivor
The impact with Carey Cummins
The impact.But what happens after the impact?On this episode I will be discussing with a very close friend and guest of this podcast about the impact of a single car accident on 67 families, their friends and their community. 33 years ago the most severe accident happen in the history of US that was caused by a drunk driver. Out of the 67 people on a school bus, only 40 survived and many of them, severely injured. My guest today is one of the survivors, her name is Carey Cummins and I h...
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4 years ago
47 minutes

Crash Victim Life Survivor
Flight to fight with Mary Houvardas
Flight or Fight?For us it was flight to fight.On this episode I will be discussing with a very special guest about the impact a car accident can have on those people that are waiting outside the closed doors of the Intensive Care Units. Those that have to deal with the hard decisions that they need to take. Mary Houvardas is a wife, a mother, a hero and a role model. My role model. She is one of the two people that are responsible for me being alive today. It is an emotional discussion where ...
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4 years ago
42 minutes

Crash Victim Life Survivor
Reality hit me hard with Tina Ginn
Tina Ginn, author of the book "wow, woman of worth" with her story "In the blink of an eye" shares her experience surviving a traumatic road crash 4 years ago very, when she was driving to get home, very close to her neighbourhood. She was following her daughter that was driving in front of her in her own car and she witnessed the frightening possibility of her daughter almost being crashed. Instead it was her that received the impact. To this day, she says that if her daughter wa...
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4 years ago
53 minutes

Crash Victim Life Survivor
The sky was my limit with Athanasia Houvarda
"Before I start I want to share how this idea came to be.. And why I chose this topic for my podcast. For the last 5 years I have been sharing my story of surviving a horrific car accident and the idea of starting a podcast to share my message came up… I loved the idea and here I am today, with my first episode, hoping that I can give voice through my podcast to more people that want to share their powerful stories about the importance of road safety. What I learned through my experience...
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4 years ago
7 minutes

Crash Victim Life Survivor
It won't happen to me with Pat Dixon
How many times have you said this phrase in your life? "It won't happen to me"... until it did. On this episode I will be discussing with a very special guest about the impact a car accident can have on those people that are the first to arrive and offer help at the accident scene. Pat Dixon.. a hero to many, a first responder that is forgotten like so many others will be sharing what he does to heal emotionally. He was a paramedic for 30 years and has witnessed more than he ever wanted...
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4 years ago
41 minutes

Crash Victim Life Survivor
Intro to Crash Victim Life Survivor podcast
Welcome to the crash victim, life survivor podcast! A podcast where real people will be sharing their own experience of being involved ina car crash. A road crash is not only about the survivors but also everyone involved. Stay tuned as you will listen to breath taking stories and how a crash can change lives.Follow my podcaston Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/lifesurvivor_podcast/on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/AthanasiaHouvardaVisit my webpagehttps://www.athanasiahouvarda.com/a...
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4 years ago
2 minutes

Crash Victim Life Survivor
This is the last episode of season one and a very special episode. I start the discussion with Ernie Boxal, my guest, and he is sharing his experience of having 3 close calls of being involved in traffic accidents. What we have been saying all along these 15 episodes is that it is better to learn before getting injured and this is exactly the story with Ernie. He was never injured in a road accident although he did come very close on 3 different ocassions. Ernie is a storyteller and you can l...