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Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is a medical emergency. Patients who are suspected to have suffered SAH need immediate admission to hospital for CT scans and emergency neurosurgical treatment. For patients with brain aneurysm, the risk of injury from subarachnoid haemorrhage should be managed with correct diagnostic and preventative care. Delays in diagnosis or treatment of subarachnoid haemorrhage can result in the patient’s death or disability from brain injury.
Subarachnoid haemorrhage medical negligence compensation claims are complex and should be handled by solicitors with specialist experience of serious brain injury claims. We understand the complexities of SAH claims and have helped clients recover compensation where they experienced disability or the loss of a loved one from SAH which was caused or made worse by medical negligence.
To speak to a solicitor about compensation and rehabilitation for subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) brain injury caused by negligent accidents or trauma, contact our personal injury team.
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For more than 30 years, Boyes Turner's medical negligence solicitors have guided injured patients through the claims process to secure the compensation and specialist support that they need to manage their disability and rebuild their lives.
You can contact us by telephone or by email for free, confidential advice from a medical negligence solicitor. We will ask you to tell us briefly about your injury and your medical care, and advise you about your time limits and whether we can help you investigate your claim. Once our investigations confirm you have grounds for a claim, we will notify the defendant healthcare provider (usually represented by NHS Resolution) on your behalf and invite them to respond, giving them an opportunity to admit liability (responsibility for your injuries) before court proceedings are issued.
If liability is admitted, we will obtain a judgment from the court and apply for a substantial interim payment to meet your needs arising from your injury and disability. If NHS Resolution deny liability, we will advise you about the best way to proceed with your claim. This may involve issuing court proceedings or inviting NHS Resolution to enter into settlement negotiations or mediation.
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Our medical negligence lawyers recovered £253,000 in compensation for the bereaved husband of a 51-year-old woman who died following a subarachnoid haemorrhage and brain aneurysms. Over a period of three months, an NHS trust and two private consultants all failed to diagnose her condition.
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Subarachnoid haemorrhage or SAH is a type of stroke caused by bleeding into the subarachnoid space between the membranes on the surface of the brain. Subarachnoid haemorrhage happens suddenly and usually without warning. It is a life-threatening, medical emergency.
SAH can be caused by tumours, traumatic birth injuries, infection and other conditions affecting the blood vessels, but is more commonly caused by the rupture of a cerebral aneurysm (a bulge in a weakened blood vessel). Brain aneurysms are often symptomless and can remain undetected until they rupture and bleed into the area around the brain. If a brain aneurysm is detected before it ruptures, for example if the patient has symptoms of impaired vision, facial or eye pain, or persistent headaches caused by pressure on the brain, surgery may be recommended to prevent the aneurysm from rupturing and causing a SAH.
In rare cases, spinal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SSAH) can lead to permanent neurological injury from spinal cord or nerve root compression.
People with cerebral (brain) aneurysm have an increased risk of SAH but may not be aware that they have a brain aneurysm, or of its risks. Patients who are known to have a brain aneurysm should be given medical advice about surgical treatment to reduce the risk of SAH from brain aneurysm rupture.
The risk of SAH is also increased by:
Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is a medical emergency. It usually occurs suddenly, without prior warning. Symptoms of SAH include:
If someone is suspected to have suffered an SAH, they need emergency admission to hospital where the diagnosis will be confirmed by a CT scan and, if necessary, a lumbar puncture to check their cerebro-spinal fluid for signs of bleeding into the brain.
Subarachnoid haemorrhage medical negligence compensation claims are complex and must be handled by specialist solicitors who are skilled in investigating and quantifying complex brain injury claims.
Subarachnoid haemorrhage and all its associated disability can be caused by some types of medical negligence, such as traumatic birth injury. However, in many cases where SAH occurred suddenly as a result of the rupture of a symptomless, previously undetected brain aneurysm, the claim will relate to any additional disability that was caused by delays in emergency response, diagnosis or treatment.
We work closely with our trusted medical experts to investigate whether the care that our client received from ambulance, A&E and neurosurgical teams met acceptable standards for this life-threatening condition, and whether previous opportunities to identify and minimise our client’s risk of SAH from cerebral aneurysm rupture were acted upon by their doctors.
Mistakes which commonly lead to SAH medical negligence claims include:
Subarachnoid haemorrhage medical negligence claims usually involve one or more of the following injuries:
Patients with SAH from ruptured brain aneurysm also remain at increased risk of further life-threatening brain injury from future complications, such as:
With correct care, the risks of these future complications can be reduced by preventative medication or surgical treatment.
The amount of compensation that each client receives from their claim depends on the severity of the injury and disability that was caused by their negligent healthcare, the cost of meeting their needs arising from their disability and its impact on their life. Where SAH negligence leads to severe brain injury, the claim may include compensation for:
Where negligent treatment of a patient with SAH caused their death, we help the deceased’s dependents claim compensation for their loss.
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