PR.com (press release)Procurement Transplant Coordinators Report Difficulty Learning Fundamentals …PR.com (press release)UNOS policies, research, and experiential knowledge are used to explore the history of transplantation, hospital development, req…
Organ donation and faith perspectivesSTLtoday.comFew days ago I was called to read an electroencephalogram (EEG) on a comatose patient for possible brain death. The EEG and blood flow studies were consistent with brain death. Family had consented to do…
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Man gets probation for deadly DWI crash in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Star Telegram The ambulance crew gave Lightfoot a 3 on the Glasgow Coma Scale, the last rating before brain death, according to Deputy Medical Examiner Marc Krouse.Lightfoot died less than a week later, Krouse said. “She suffered a fatal brain injury,” Krouse testified. |
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Shortly before death of Heydar Aliyev Azerbaijani authorities carried out an …
Panorama.am Ambassador of Panama to the Organization of American States Guillermo Koches said last week that brain death was recorded with Chavez in late December, according to the site “tvrain.ru”. The article notes that this is not the first time that the leader … |
CPR training: What you need to knowThe University of Hawaii KaleoCPR training: What you need to know Caitlin Kelly, News Editor kaleo.org | 0 comments. A person has four to six minutes before brain death after suffering cardiac arrest. Because emergenc…
Will California Try Again to Legalize Assisted Suicide?LifeNews.comThey came close to getting it in 2008 when Governor Schwarzenegger signed four bills: AB 3000 (WOLK, D) Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment-POLST; AB2747 (Berg-D) End-of-Life…
SIH trying out hypothermic treatmentThe SouthernSince hypothermia treatment began here in April 2011 to reduce cognitive ability damage and even brain death, there have been eight patients where the method was utilized and five of those patients made a…
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Let us see Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez, dead or alive
MiamiHerald.com No doubt, too many people for the secret not to be revealed shortly: the Castros and about 20 other Cubans, including the medical personnel that cared for Chávez in Havana, where apparently the brain death occurred; Chávez’s family (daughters, siblings … |
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Jamul: 24-year-old man fatally injured in collision
Southwest Riverside News Network He was taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital following the crash with “multiple traumatic blunt force injuries,” the Medical Examiner’s Office reported. His condition declined and subsequent evaluations revealed cerebral edema and brain death, officials … |
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How mom’s death changed my thinking about end-of-life care
Salon But a nursing supervisor’s examination found that the 47-year-old man displayed a strong gag-and-cough reflex and slightly moved his head, all inconsistent with brain death. A neurosurgeon confirmed her findings. No one was suggesting that my mom was … |