Brown Trial Firm launches 50-state HIE care guide for families

Brown Trial Firm has released a nationwide guide to help parents find advanced hospital care and support services for newborns and children affected by hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, or HIE. The interactive resource maps Level IV NICUs, brain cooling, follow-up care, Early Intervention programs, and family support options across all 50 states.

Why it matters: - Families facing HIE often need to find specialized care fast, including hospitals that can deliver brain cooling and other advanced neonatal treatment. - The new guide is designed to help parents identify both immediate hospital resources and longer-term support services as children grow.

What happened: - Brown Trial Firm launched a nationwide HIE resource called HIE Resources by State: Level IV NICUs, Brain Cooling & More. - The guide is available on Brown Trial Firm’s website as an interactive state-by-state tool. - The resource covers all 50 states and helps families find hospitals and support programs for babies and children affected by HIE and other birth-related brain injuries.

The details: - The hospital directory focuses on Level IV neonatal intensive care units, which provide the highest level of neonatal care. - Brown Trial Firm researched each listed hospital for HIE-related services and capabilities. - The guide highlights therapeutic hypothermia, also called cooling, whole-body cooling, or brain cooling. - The guide also tracks cooling during neonatal transport. - The guide includes high-risk infant follow-up programs. - The guide identifies pediatric and neonatal neurology services. - The guide includes HIE and neonatal brain injury research activity where available. - The guide also lists contact information for Early Intervention programs across the U.S. - Families can also find government resources, national HIE and cerebral palsy organizations, parent support groups, financial assistance programs, and resources for adaptive equipment and disability-related services.

Between the lines: - HIE happens when a baby’s brain does not get enough oxygen or blood flow before, during or shortly after birth. - For eligible newborns with moderate to severe HIE, timely therapeutic hypothermia can lower the risk of death or disability. - The inclusion of post-NICU services signals that HIE care often continues long after the first hospital stay ends. - Brown Trial Firm built the guide as part of its work with families affected by HIE, cerebral palsy and other serious birth injuries.

What’s next: - Families can use the interactive guide to select a state and find nearby hospitals and Early Intervention programs. - The resource may help parents compare local options and identify hospitals with more specialized neonatal capabilities before or during a crisis.

The bottom line: - The guide aims to make specialized newborn care and long-term support easier to find in one place.