If someone around you develops a brain bleed following a serious injury or accident, like a car accident or slip and fall, it’s important that those around them quickly know how to spot symptoms and react to save a victim’s life.
The experience personal injury lawyers at Pope & Howard, P.C. in Atlanta, GA specialize in taking on catastrophic personal injury cases, and a brain injury is one of the most serious injuries a victim can sustain following a car or other type of accident.
Brain bleed, while not always fatal if quickly and correctly treated, can still cause long term damage, leading to physical and mental disability, so you need to know the symptoms when it happens. Read on to learn the best ways to spot this deadly injury or contact Pope & Howard today if you think you have a catastrophic brain injury case.
The most obvious cause of a brain bleed is head trauma, such as might be caused by a serious fall, car or truck accident, or any other serious blow to the head. These types of wounds are serious regardless of whether they cause a brain bleed or not, and you should seek immediate medical attention.
Unfortunately, not all brain bleeds have an obvious external source. Many can be caused by sudden and difficult to detect problems like blood vessel leakage due to high blood pressure, a ruptured aneurysm, or pressure from a brain tumor.
Brain bleed is a serious medical emergency and can cause a wide variety of noticeable symptoms. A person with brain bleed may experience:
If you suspect someone is showing symptoms of brain bleed, call 911 and immediately seek medical attention.
Brain bleed is typically diagnosed through an evaluation of symptoms and usually followed by a CT scan, MRI, or MRA to pinpoint the location and severity of the bleeding.
From there, treatment may consist of surgery to fix the issue or prevent it from worsening, or medication to control blood pressure and symptoms. Long term care for a brain bleed may look like physical, speech, or occupational therapy, or changes to lifestyle to reduce risk of repeated incidents.
If you or a loved one has experienced a dangerous or potentially deadly brain bleed caused by a serious accident, you may be able to seek compensation for personal, emotional, and financial damages.
If the brain bleed was the direct result of another’s actions, a workplace safety issue, or other preventable accident, or if you believe that care and treatment were not properly rendered by those responsible for your wellbeing, there may be grounds to pursue legal action.
If you have reason to believe another might be at fault for the lasting damage caused by this serious medical issue, contact Pope & Howard today, and we’ll do our best to get you the compensation you deserve.
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