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Texas Hypoxia Brain Injury Lawyer (Lack of Oxygen
Law Suits)
Brain damage can be
caused by hypoxia or a lack of oxygen to the brain.
These brain injury claims can be caused by several reasons
such as smoke inhalation, medical malpractice, drug
interactions, or carbon monoxide poisoning. Hypoxia or
lack of oxygen can cause death, comas, paralysis, limited
capacity, brain swelling, extreme pain, numbness, loss of
control of bodily functions, and loss of identity.
As a Texas Hypoxia Brain
Injury lawyer, Jason Coomer helps families
seek compensation for negligence that results in hypoxia
causing serious
brain injuries to infants, children, or adults. If you or a loved one
has suffered a serious brain injury through the negligence
of another,
use our contact form to contact Austin Texas Hypoxia Brain
Injury Lawyer, Jason Coomer, for a free review
of your potential claim or
send an e-mail to Austin Texas Lack of Oxygen Brain Injury lawyer,
Jason Coomer.
Infant Brain Injury Lawsuits and Causes of Hypoxia
During Birth (Texas Birth Injury Hypoxia Brain Damage
Lawsuits)
Several reasons can cause an unborn child
to suffer hypoxia resulting in a brain injury during
the birthing process including a difficult labor,
unreasonable delay in performing a C-section, delay in
delivering an extremely large baby, gestational diabetes in
the mother, failure to properly and timely resuscitate the
baby, maternal or fetal bleeding complications, excessive
administration of Pitocin, and placenta previa. It is
important during any birth to have medical professionals
that are able to protect the safety of the mother and child
by not allowing any of these factors to become a problem. If
problems arise and these difficulties occur during the birth
of your child and the child sustains a brain injury, you may
want to contact a Texas Birth Injury Lawyer with the skill
and dedication to help you get the compensation.
Serious Brain Injury Claims and Texas Brain Damage
Lawsuits
erious brain injuries can occur through
traumatic impact to the head caused by an
automobile accident,
serious fall, falling object,
construction accident, accidental gun shot,
boating accident, or a
vicious attack. Severe trauma to the head can cause the
brain to move inside the skull and injure the brain. The
skull typically protects the brain from injury, but because
the inside of the skull is rough a traumatic event that
causes the brain to move or to swell inside the skull can
cause the brain to press up against the skull and cause
serious brain damage.
Types Brain Injuries and Brain Damage
A subarachnoid
hemorrhage can be caused by trauma and is often described as
the worst headache you can have. A subarachnoid hemorrhage
is bleeding between the middle membrane covering of the
brain and the brain itself. Specifically it occurs within
the cerebrospinal fluid-filled spaces surrounding the brain
(also known as the subarachnoid space).
Subdural hematomas are usually the result
of a serious head injury. When they occur from head trauma,
it is called an "acute" subdural hematoma. Acute subdural
hematomas are among the deadliest of all head injuries. The
bleeding fills the skull area very rapidly, leaving little
room for the brain, and are associated with brain injuries.
Subdural hematomas can occur after a very
minor head injury, especially in the elderly. The subdural
hematomas go unnoticed for many days or many weeks, and are
called "chronic" subdural hematomas. During a subdural
hematoma, tiny veins between the surface of the brain and
its outer covering (the dura) stretch and tear, allowing
blood to collect. In the elderly, the veins are often
already stretched because of brain atrophy (shrinkage).
There are several types of brain
injuries. Two common types of head injuries are Concussion,
the most common type of traumatic brain injury and a
Contusion, which is a bruise on the brain. Concussions are
fairly common and can occur with any blow to the head,
whether or not unconsciousness occurs. If someone has
received a blow to the head, they should be watched closely
for signs of possible brain damage. Things to watch for
include repeated vomiting, unequal pupils, confused mental
state or varying levels of consciousness, seizure-like
activity, weakness on one side of the body or the inability
to wake up (coma). If any of these signs are present,
immediately call your health care provider.
More severe brain injuries can result in
unconsciousness, vegetative states, limited capacity, or a
coma that can last for days, weeks, months, years, or are
permanent. More severe brain injuries can result in brain
death and death.
A coma is a state in which the person
seems to be asleep but cannot be woken up and does not
respond to stimuli or offer any reaction. A person can
remain in a coma for days, weeks, months, even years, and in
some cases never come out of the coma.
A Vegetative state is where the person is
unable to react with the environment although he or she can
still feel and recognize stimuli. The body of someone in
this state will still react to sensations by way of
perspiration, heart rate, etc. but the patient my not react
outwardly. If this condition lasts for more than one month,
it is known as a persistent vegetative state.
A limited capacity state is where a
person that has suffered a traumatic brain injury is no
longer in a vegetative state or coma. However, as the name
suggests, responses from the person does not have the brain
or neurological capacity that they had prior to the brain
injury. Reasoning, movement, and other basic functions or
emotions are no longer available. It can take years of
therapy and medical treatment to recover all or part of the
person's abilities.
Locked in syndrome is a condition where
the person is unable to move any part of their body except
for the eyes. The person’s consciousness and emotions remain
intact but the person is unable to make any physical
movement other than eye movements and blinking. This is a
rare neurological condition.
Brain Death Injuries, Brain Death Claims and Brain
Death Lawsuits
Brain death occurs when the brain stops
functioning altogether. A brain injury is suffered by
someone in America every 15
seconds. Each year, approximately
100,000 people die from traumatic brain injuries and about a
half of million more people suffer are permanent impairment.
It is estimated that approximately 5.5 million Americans are
living with a disability from a traumatic brain injury.
Medical Malpractice Severe Brain Injury Claims
Severe brain damage can be caused by
a lack of oxygen getting to the brain, a
hemorrhage inside the brain,
or damage to the skull. These serious brain injury claims
can occur because of
medical negligence when careless health care providers
do not provide proper monitoring of patients, prescribe
incorrect drug combinations, do not recognize fetal
distress, or fail to recognize a patient has stopped
breathing. Through drug interactions or respiratory
failure, lack of oxygen to the brain can cause severe and
permanent brain injuries.
Texas Brain Damage Lawsuits and Texas Brain Injury
Lawyers
Traumatic brain injury
lawyer, Jason Coomer handles a variety of Texas personal
injury lawsuits including automobile accident claims (car
wrecks, truck collisions, bus collisions, run over
bicyclists, and motorcycle accidents); serious falls;
falling objects, electrocutions; fires; smoke inhalation;
toxic exposure; industrial accidents; misuse of equipment;
falling objects; explosions; and shattered glass.
Please feel free to
contact
The Law Offices of Jason S. Coomer for additional
information on serious head trauma claims and Texas brain injury
lawsuits. Don't think that if you have suffered a serious
head trauma or a person you love has suffered a severe brain
injury that a responsible party either big business or
insurance company is going to voluntarily tell you about all
the insurance coverage they have or pay you money for all
the damages you have suffered. In fact many businesses and
insurance companies will hire adjusters and defense lawyers
to limit any money that they have to pay. The last thing a
person wants or needs to be doing after a catastrophic head
injury is to battle big insurance and their litigation team
to make them take care of the damages that they have
caused. It helps having an experienced personal injury
lawyer help you calculate damages including past medical
bills, future medical expenses, pharmacy bills, therapy
bills, lost wages, future lost wages, lost earning capacity,
damage to career or business, pain & suffering, mental
anguish, physical impairment, disfigurement, and other
damages that you have suffered.
Austin Texas
Brain Injury Lawyer and Austin Texas Brain Damage Lawyer
Jason Coomer commonly works on Texas Brain Injury Lawsuits,
Texas Brain Damage Claims, and Texas Traumatic Damage Claims
with other Texas Brain Injury Lawyers and Texas Brain Damage
Lawyers including Houston head trauma lawyers, Houston
Medical Malpractice Lawyers, Houston brain injury lawyers,
Houston Brain
Damage Lawyers,
San Antonio Serious Brain Injury Lawyers, San Antonio
Brain Damage Lawyers, San Antonio Traumatic Head Injury
Lawyers, Dallas Brain Injury Lawyers, Dallas Brain Damage
Lawyers, and other Austin catastrophic injury lawyers to
make sure that his clients are provided the best legal teams
possible for their Texas Brain Injury Law Suit, Texas Brain
Damage Lawsuit, Texas Traumatic Head Injury Lawsuit, or
Catastrophic Injury Claim.
If you need to file a Texas
Traumatic Head Injury Claim or Lawsuit or a Texas Brain
Damage Claim or Lawsuit, feel free to contact Austin
Texas
Brain Injury Lawyer Jason Coomer for a free review of
your Texas Brain Injury Claim. For a free evaluation
of your personal injury claims,
contact The Law Offices of Jason S. Coomer. Please
include your name, the date of the accident, location of
accident, the type of injuries suffered, and a brief
description on how the injuries were suffered.
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