RESOURCES

Across the country each year, thousands of people are wrongly labeled unconscious after suffering severe brain injuries.    https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/hc-investigations/aliveinside/

Active Facebook Groups:

• Anoxic Brain Injury Caregivers  -  This private group includes patients and caregivers.  The content is a mix of encouragement and information sharing.  So whether you are sitting in ICU hearing the term "anoxic" for the first time, or caring for a loved one and need advice, this group is a wealth of knowledge and care.  New members must request permission to join and be approved by current members. 
• Anoxic Brain Injury Awareness  - Inspirational quotes and messages. 
• Love your brain: Mom on a mission- Anoxic Brain Injury - Group created by Pamela Blaxton-Dowd, Mother of Anoxic patient and Author.  Includes sage wisdom and advice.
• Anoxic Brain Injury: through love and faith - Page was created by a husband (survivor) and wife (caregiver) to chronicle their journey of love and faith.  The page includes a video blog with practical tips and loads of inspiration.
• Kaleb's Fight - Page was created by a devoted sister of a noble member of the US Military who suffered an anoxic injury.  Her touching journal chronicles the highs and lows on the journey to recover.
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivors and Friends - Sudden cardiac arrest survivor interaction and advice.

Other Groups/Foundations:

• Brain Injury Association - https://www.biausa.org/   This organization provides various resources.  Although they are currently primarily focused on TBI, the leadership is firmly committed to including anoxic/hypoxic and ensuring they represent all brain injuries.
• Just Fight Foundation - https://justfightfoundation.org   The mission of Just Fight Foundation is to raise awareness, provide  training in emergency preparedness and life saving techniques, through  linking families in need to valuable resources during times of crisis  following a pediatric brain injury.
• Brenna's Hope Foundation:  Coming Soon!  

•  American Academy of Neurology practice guidelines for Disorders of Consciousness (updated August, 2018)

                               https://www.aan.com/Guidelines/home/GuidelineDetail/926

• Owen, Adrian.  Into the Gray Zone,  Scribner, 2017.   A world-renowned neuroscientist reveals  his groundbreaking work with patients whose brains were previously  thought vegetative or non-responsive but turn out—in up to 20 percent of  cases—to be vibrantly alive, existing in the “Gray Zone.”

• Blaxton-Dowd, Pamela.  Condemned to Die: Ask me how.  Tell me why.  An Anoxic Warrior Mother's Account.  Book details Brenna's valiant journey to recover from her sudden, medically  unexplained anoxic brain injury. After sixteen months, she joined hands  with Jesus and was restored to health in his kingdom. She passed along  the baton to her mother, to give voice to the deficiencies in our health  care system for all patients who suffer anoxic brain injuries. In her  honor, this is her story. To God be the glory.