This video helped educate me about what happens after someone went into Cardiac arrest and helped me make the decision to pull my mom off life support after the brain ct looked like the one in this video.
Typically the patient is given at least 72 hours off of sedation before the neurologist will give a prognosis. If the testing does not show any other reason for the patient to be in a coma, then the most likely situation is "anoxic brain injury". This means the patient's brain did not get enough oxygen while their heart was stopped and the brain cells died. Unfortunately this is irreversible brain damage. I hope this answers your question.
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This video helped educate me about what happens after someone went into
Cardiac arrest and helped me make the decision to pull my mom off life support after the brain ct looked like the one in this video.
Well I feel a little smarter knowing about this. A buddy of mine is most likely considered a category 2 due to his own medical condition.
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What does it mean if the patient doesn't wake up
Typically the patient is given at least 72 hours off of sedation before the neurologist will give a prognosis. If the testing does not show any other reason for the patient to be in a coma, then the most likely situation is "anoxic brain injury". This means the patient's brain did not get enough oxygen while their heart was stopped and the brain cells died. Unfortunately this is irreversible brain damage. I hope this answers your question.