Tell the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (H.E.L.P.) Committee to instruct the Center for Disease Control (CDC)-USA to begin surveillance and documentation of anoxic encephalopathy, more commonly known as hypoxic-anoxic injury (HAI) to the brain.
An HAI is caused by a partial or total loss of oxygen to the brain. Patients with HAI plead with the H.E.L.P. Committee and the CDC to become statistics.
The lack of documentation of anoxic injuries reduces or denies therapeutic opportunities, valuable research, and other medical services to HAI patients. A number of denials for services specifically state the rejection is because the patient is not a TBI.
Please sign and tell the Senate H.E.L.P. Committee to instruct the CDC to open the doors to documentation of HAI patients.