actress Anne Heche has been on life support and is not expected to make it, according to her family,
Heche, 53, has been in the hospital since the accident, in which she is accused of speeding in her blue Mini Cooper and colliding with two houses,
When the brain is completely deprived of oxygen, anoxic brain damage occur.
She has a brain damage brought on by anoxia. What impact does that have on the body?
When the brain is completely deprived of oxygen, anoxic brain damage occur.
According to the Shepherd Center, a private, nonprofit hospital in Atlanta
Anoxic brain cells start to start dying off after roughly four minutes of having their oxygen supply cut off
When there is a partial restriction of oxygen to the brain, hypoxic brain damage occur. The limitation gradually harms and kills brain cells.
The brain does not always cause brain damage. Any physical injury that impairs the body's capacity to absorb oxygen,
Things to look for that could signal a brain injury include both physical limitations and behavioral changes