Yes, that's exactly what "anoxic" means. No oxygen. She has an anoxic brain injury - it was starved of oxygen - because the fire was taking it all.
- Anoxic brain injuries are caused by a complete lack of oxygen to the brain, which results in the death of brain cells after approximately four minutes of oxygen deprivation.
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However it does make me wonder how she was able to sit up straight on the stretcher and rip her blankets off?
She was also breathing by herself at this point too....