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==What is brain stem death?== | ==What is brain stem death?== | ||
==How to know you have brain stem death?== | ==How to know you have brain stem death?== | ||
A series of strict tests need to be carried out by two senior doctors who are not members of transplant team. These tests are frequently repeated to confirm that tha patient's brain stem has stopped working. All the following criteria need to be met before brain stem death can be pronounced. | A series of strict tests need to be carried out by two senior doctors who are not members of transplant team. These tests are frequently repeated to confirm that tha patient's brain stem has stopped working. All the following criteria need to be met before brain stem death can be pronounced. | ||
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:*No vestibulo-ocular reponse | :*No vestibulo-ocular reponse | ||
:*Apnoea testing: This is the test to check the respiratory response to hypercarbia while minimising. | :*Apnoea testing: This is the test to check the respiratory response to hypercarbia while minimising. | ||
==Where to find medical care for brain stem death?== | ==Where to find medical care for brain stem death?== | ||
[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q={{urlencode:{{#if:{{{1|}}}|{{{1}}}|brain stem death}}}}&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=65.008093,112.148438&ie=UTF8&ll=37.0625,-95.677068&spn=91.690419,149.414063&z=2&source=embed Directions to Hospitals Treating brain stem death] | [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q={{urlencode:{{#if:{{{1|}}}|{{{1}}}|brain stem death}}}}&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=65.008093,112.148438&ie=UTF8&ll=37.0625,-95.677068&spn=91.690419,149.414063&z=2&source=embed Directions to Hospitals Treating brain stem death] | ||
==Copyleft Sources== | ==Copyleft Sources== | ||
http://www.surgical-tutor.org.uk/default-home.htm?core/trauma/head_brain.htm~right | http://www.surgical-tutor.org.uk/default-home.htm?core/trauma/head_brain.htm~right | ||
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What is brain stem death?
How to know you have brain stem death?
A series of strict tests need to be carried out by two senior doctors who are not members of transplant team. These tests are frequently repeated to confirm that tha patient's brain stem has stopped working. All the following criteria need to be met before brain stem death can be pronounced.
- No pupillary response to light
- No blanking on corneal touch
- No eye movement on caloric testing
- No grimacing on paiful stimuli
- No cough or gag reflex
- No vestibulo-ocular reponse
- Apnoea testing: This is the test to check the respiratory response to hypercarbia while minimising.
Where to find medical care for brain stem death?
Directions to Hospitals Treating brain stem death
Copyleft Sources
http://www.surgical-tutor.org.uk/default-home.htm?core/trauma/head_brain.htm~right
http://www.bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk/docs/brain_stem_death_2009_gmandersloot.pdf
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Brain-death/Pages/Introduction.aspx