ArmyTiger

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[–] ArmyTiger@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

No, if a patient is declared brain dead, there is usually no sedation given. It shouldn't be necessary, as the neurons responsible for sensing pain aren't alive and processing signals, and extra medication like sedation comes with the risk of hemodynamic instability, which is already kind of a headache in brain dead patients as the brain is no longer meditating that (extremely oversimplified). Yes, sedation can be measured (sorta) with a BIS probe, a spectral imaging probe on the forehead that acts like an EEG with fewer probes, but it's not very useful in brain death as it's ultimately looking at blood flow, and in brain death, we don't expect to see blood flow to the brain.

All of this, of course, assumes that he was declared brain dead, which is a very specific legal term with very specific parameters that vary slightly state by state, which seems unlikely in this situation. He may have been deemed to have a severe neurologic injury with an unlikely prognosis of meaningful recovery, and thus be a planned DCD (declared cardiac death) donation, meaning placed on a minimally assistive ventilatory support and allowed to die once his respiratory drive was so low he died of hypoxic respiratory failure. But the article is long on anecdotes and short on the technical terms physicians would use, so it's hard to say.

[–] ArmyTiger@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

That's such a weird picture, I've seen fancier tables and chairs at a tailgate.

[–] ArmyTiger@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well, one did. There were videos and everything of her death.

[–] ArmyTiger@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Huh, and here I was thinking you didn't have to test Fallout games to release them.

[–] ArmyTiger@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I wish I could set aside a week to write down all Donald Trump says in court.

... wait no I don't.

[–] ArmyTiger@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

While this is spot on, it's worth noting revelations was almost certainly about Rome and Roman emperors. The seven hills aren't a coincidence.

[–] ArmyTiger@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh, do the 3-7 year residency process next, where hourly wages are usually below minimum wage!

[–] ArmyTiger@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Last submarine became a fireplace.

[–] ArmyTiger@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago (11 children)

There's gonna be a really weird uptick in prostate cancer in 30-40 years.

[–] ArmyTiger@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The fibula isn't a weight bearing bone. The part near the ankle is important, as it's part of the joint, but the middle doesn't do much. It's frequently used for bony reconstruction, like for head and neck cancer surgeries.

[–] ArmyTiger@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (9 children)

He might want to check to see how the troops and their leaders feel about that.

[–] ArmyTiger@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I had no idea I needed this in my life, but here we are.

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