Chicago Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Teen with Single PunchThe Epoch TimesKennelly died after a single punch to the head, according to an autopsy; the punch caused brain death, and the youth died several days later at the hospital. The punch was allege…
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“I feel like I’m dead inside”: Rehteah’s father
globalnews.ca The post describes how Rehtaeh was taken off life support, before brain death, so her organs could be donated to four people. “My daughter saved the life of a young woman with her heart,” wrote Canning. “She also gave someone a new liver, a kidney, … |
LA Fitness Heart Attack Victim, City Thank CPR HeroesPatch.comAccording to Renton Fire spokesperson Erik Wallgren, every minute that passes without oxygenation of the blood increases the chance of brain death. That usually happens within 6 minutes. Ren…
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Hearing on plea deal set for Malecek
The Herald Argus An autopsy determined the single punch caused brain death, and Kennelly was declared dead at the hospital two days after the incident. In an interview in March, Kevin Kennelly Sr., the victim’s father, said the agreement was “about the best to be … |
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Design Brainwave Combines EEG Efficiency With Elegance
Electronic Design (blog) Primarily, EEG is used to diagnose epilepsy because epileptic activity can create clear abnormalities on a standard EEG study. It also is used to diagnose coma, encephalopathy, and brain death. Furthermore, it’s used to study sleep and sleep disorders … |
Logarithm: Do we really only use 10 percent of our brain?Purdue Exponent (blog)So the only way your brain will have just 10 percent of its structures functioning properly is if you experience severe brain damage that leads to paralysis or brain death. …
Selectmen Hear Critique of EMS Review CommitteePatch.comThe Darien Times also reported that the American Heart Association states that brain death starts to happen within four to six minutes after a heart attack. The Times goes on to report that chance…
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O6 AWARENESS
SpeakingTree (blog) … way, people can become conscious of a feeling that they can’t label or describe, a phenomenon that’s especially common in pre-verbal infants. Due to this discovery medical definitions of brain death as a lack of cortical activity face a serious … |
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Mid-South Transplant Foundation Tops in US
Memphis Daily News “The body starts to shut down very rapidly in the process of brain death.” Because of those factors, the Mid-South Transplant Foundation and other federally designated organ procurement organizations work closely with hospital staffs to teach best … |
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Artist admires Asal Badiei’s altruism
Tehran Times She had filled in a form few years ago to allow a governmental institute to use all her organs and tissues to patients awaiting transplants in case of brain death. Consequently, her lungs, liver, kidneys, and heart were transplanted in seven people … |