Car Accident Doctor 8 Minutes from the Commercial Boulevard Bridge

A car accident doctor for Lauderdale-by-the-Sea is eight minutes away by way of the Commercial Boulevard bridge and Federal Highway. Car Accident Doctors Group, the accident-injury practice of Dr. Carol McNamara-Krauss, DC, is at 3320 N Federal Hwy #107 in Lighthouse Point, between Copans Road and Sample Road. From Anglin's Square, Bel-Air or Terra Mar Island, we are the nearest accident-injury office north of the bridge.

Lauderdale-by-the-Sea patients are usually hurt in one of two ways: a low-speed crash in the tight streets around El Mar Drive and the pier, or a highway-speed crash on Commercial Boulevard or Federal Highway on the way to work. Both kinds get the same handling here: an exam the day you call, treatment that starts the same visit and records built for an attorney. Dr. McNamara-Krauss has 30 years in practice. Call (754) 342-6479, answered 24/7.

Commercial Boulevard is the town's only real road, and the bridge over the Intracoastal is where its crashes cluster. Traffic backs up on the bridge approach in both directions during beach season, and the stop-and-go pattern produces rear-end collisions from A1A all the way west to Federal Highway and the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport area. The A1A signal at Commercial, by Anglin's Square, is the town's main side-impact location, with pedestrians, cyclists and drivers looking for parking all crossing at once. El Mar Drive and the side streets in Bel-Air and Silver Shores are slow but tight, and backing-out crashes there still produce neck and shoulder injuries. Sea Ranch Lakes residents share the same A1A corridor north to Pompano.

The nearest emergency rooms are Broward Health Imperial Point and Holy Cross Health, both on Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale south of the bridge, each about ten minutes away. Go to either for any head injury, loss of consciousness, chest pain, fracture or numbness. We screen for head injury and concussion and refer them; we do not treat them here. For the attorney reader, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea cases are filed in Broward County at the courthouse in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The first visit here produces orthopedic and neurological testing and range-of-motion measurements documented the same day, and treatment notes follow on every visit.

Florida PIP pays 80% of reasonable medical expenses up to $10,000 if initial treatment begins within 14 days of the crash. Without an emergency medical condition (EMC) determination, the benefit is limited to $2,500. An EMC can only be determined by an MD, DO, PA or APRN, not by a chiropractor; this office does not make EMC determinations and refers patients out for them. A visitor hurt on Commercial Boulevard during a week at the beach has the same 14 days as a resident, and the clock keeps running after checkout. Chiropractic care is covered under section 627.736. This is general information, not legal advice. Dr. Carol McNamara-Krauss is a Florida-licensed chiropractic physician (DC), license CH5281.

From Anglin's Square or El Mar Drive: take Commercial Boulevard west across the Intracoastal bridge to Federal Highway. Turn north on US-1 and drive about three miles, through the Pompano Beach stretch and past Atlantic Boulevard and Copans Road. The 3320 building is on the right before Sample Road. Suite 107 is on the ground floor.

From Bel-Air, Silver Shores or Sea Ranch Lakes: you can also take A1A north to Atlantic Boulevard in Pompano, turn west to Federal Highway, then north past Copans Road. That route avoids the Commercial bridge when it is up. Either way, plan on about eight minutes.