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Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer
The human body is remarkable
and can sometimes withstand great trauma and at other times
suffers serious injury from an awkward fall or trauma.
Some of the worst injuries a person can suffer are to the
nervous system including brain damage. Injuries to the brain
can cause comas, paralysis, limited capacity, brain
swelling, extreme pain, numbness, and loss of
control of bodily functions. If you or a loved one have
suffered a traumatic brain injury or head injury the most important thing you can
do is to find a good medical doctor to assess the injury so
you know what you are dealing with and how to best treat the
injury. The second step is determine how to pay for
the necessary medical treatment.
As a Texas serious brain injury
lawyer, I help families seek compensation for traumatic head
injuries. If you or a loved one
has suffered a serious brain injury and are seeking
compensation,
use our contact form to contact Texas traumatic brain injury Lawyer, Jason Coomer,
for a
free review of your potential claim or
send an e-mail to Texas traumatic brain injury lawyer,
Jason Coomer.
Severe Brain Injuries
Serious 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. Severe brain damage
can also be caused by a lack of oxygen getting to the brain,
a hemorrhage inside the brain, or damage to the skull.
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 brain area very rapidly, leaving little
room for the brain, and are associated with brain injury.
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 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 occurs when the brain stops functioning altogether
Traumatic brain injury lawyer, Jason Coomer handles
a variety of Texas personal injury claims 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
brain injury claims. 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.
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.
Austin Texas Traumatic Head
Injury Lawyer Jason Coomer commonly works with other Texas
Brain Injury Lawyers including Houston head trauma lawyers, Dallas
brain injury lawyers, San
Antonio serious brain injury lawyers, and other Austin
catastrophic injury lawyers to make sure that his clients
are provided the best legal teams possible.
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