Boise Brain Injury Attorney
When your arm is broken, you know it. Brain injuries, though, are more subtle, and there are numerous types of brain injuries and brain trauma. Doctors, consequently, often fail to detect brain injuries following an accident.
Helping You Understand Your Injuries and Legal Rights
Astute injury victims and their families can often help their physician and attorney understand the full extent of their injuries and can begin by understanding the common types of brain injuries and accidents:
- Edema and hematoma involve blood or water on the brain
- First/primary impact and secondary impact are types of impact trauma. Often, car accidents and other accidents can cause both primary impact and secondary impact injuries.
- Coup and contra-coup injuries involve the brain impacting against the inside walls of the skull following impact or extreme jarring
- Diffuse axonal injuries (DAIs) involve a sheering of nerve fibers following rapid movement or rotation of the head. Because DAI can affect nerves throughout the brain DAI injuries are unusually severe
- Direct and indirect trauma, including open-head injuries
- Brain stem injuries. The brain stem connects the brain to the rest of the body. Injuries to the brain stem can result in disruptions to consciousness, breathing, heart beat, eye movements, swallowing and facial movements and more
- Hypoxia and toxic exposures involve lack of oxygen or inhalation of poisons like carbon monoxide
Understanding the full range of brain injury symptoms (e.g., coma, concussion, and memory loss) can also be helpful. If you have questions regarding a possible brain injury, contact the Boise, Idaho, personal injury law firm of Carty Houst We have handled dozens of brain injury cases and are recognized leaders in brain injury law in Idaho.
How to Contact a Boise Brain Injury Lawyer
Carty Houst offers free initial consultations, is available for off-hour appointments and home and hospital visits, offers Spanish language and other language translation, and charges no fees unless we collect compensation for you. To contact a lawyer, call 208-342-3501 or 877-293-9300.
