And now the attachment!

[Ronald Gross]

Jago,

Attached is the Hartford Hospital "Brain Death" protocol.  Perhaps this
would help.

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Ron

>>> "Jago Miloguz" <japrak at gmail.com> 12/22/2006 4:25 PM >>>
l suppose that the only unsurvivable injury is the one that shows sings
of
non cerebral active circulation or massive brain tissue
destruction,for
example medulla oblongata contusion or massive haemorrhage, and
therefore it
is likely  inaccurate to distiguish unsurvivable injury from cerebral
death,
and very dangerous field due to easy misdiagnosis if rigidly using
these
dgs.
maybe if someone who knows precise definition of those terms should
clarify
them for us who don't

ante


2006/12/22, Daniel Bothma <dbothma at shaw.ca>:
>
> One question I have about this case Dean.
> What were the "unsurvivable injuries" seen on CT?
>
> It is easy to comment about the "humane thing to do" or our
> "obligations", but I believe that should be tempered by the actual
> clinical circumstances. If the CT for instance showed a brain
> extrusion with massive loss of brain matter, what would be the
> "obligation"?
>
> Maybe if we knew what the CT actually showed, it would be more
> applicable to what we would do/expect.
>
> Regards
>
> Daniel Bothma MBChB, FRCS(Ed)
> BC, Canada
> 604 485 3211 ext 4403
> dbothma at shaw.ca 
>
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