What is an Anoxic Brain Injury?
If you’ve suffered brain injuries because of negligence, recklessness, or carelessness, The Injury Firm can help you and your family to obtain compensation. With an anoxic brain injury lawyer, you’ll move towards compensation without lots of stress and pressure during this difficult time. Anoxic brain injuries are incredibly serious, and patients need to focus on the recovery process rather than worrying about legal procedures.
Types of Anoxic Brain Injury
While most people automatically think of force to the head, brain injuries can also be caused by a lack of oxygen. This is commonly referred to as an anoxic brain injury, and without oxygen, the brain can only survive up to four minutes before it starves, and the victim passes away.
Types of anoxic brain injury include:
Toxic Anoxia – With this, the oxygen is prevented from proper use due to certain toxins which are in the body. While some incidents of Toxic Anoxia are caused by drugs illegally being used, others are caused by chemicals in the workplace or poisoning by carbon monoxide.
Anemic Anoxia – In this example, the blood struggles to carry to the brain enough oxygen. Sadly, lung disease is one of the most common causes. However, we’ve also seen cases of acute hemorrhaging, chronic anemia, and poisoning by carbon monoxide.
Anoxic Anoxia – Once again, carbon monoxide is a common cause of this anoxia because it comes from a lack of available oxygen in the air. Depending on the situation, some patients also suffer from anoxic anemia after long periods at high altitudes. The brain can also suffocate when drowning.
Stagnant Anoxia – Finally, stagnant anoxia is normally an internal problem and is referred to as a hypoxicischemic injury. Whether a cardiac arrest, stroke, or cardiac arrhythmia, not enough oxygen-rich blood enters the brain.
Seeking Compensation
You probably don’t need us to point out that all brain injuries are incredibly serious. If somebody else is to blame for your injury, you need an anoxic brain injury lawyer. This is true whether you experienced the injury yourself or you’re reading this on behalf of a loved one. For example, it might be that medical malpractice caused your injuries. If so, you’re entitled to compensation to recover the damages.
When partnered with personal injury lawyers, they will work tirelessly to hold the guilty party responsible. As another example, it could have been another road user acting negligently. Your anoxic brain injury lawyer will prove that the other party had a duty of care, that they acted negligently, they put you in danger, and that this negligence caused your injuries.
Anoxic brain injuries are complex and require personal injury lawyers with experience and knowledge. The Injury Firm will help you to overcome the common hurdles and receive the compensation that sets you on the right path. Compensation could include medical bills (existing and future), pain and suffering, emotional anguish, lost wages, and more.
