My friend was in a car wreck, and now she is braindead! Is there any way that she can come out of this? She is young, and was very healthy, always ate right and exercised.
Has anyone ever been known to recover in this condition? Also, I'm wondering if she might be able to hear people if they talk to her.
Thank you
2007-09-17 19:01:08 · 9 answers · asked by Heron By The Sea 7 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
BRAIN DEATH - It is a very complicated status. The hospital has to ensure by various tests that it is brain death. The determination of brain death depends on very definite clinical and laboratory findings. Clinically, a person is brain dead when all of the following conditions are met:
1. There are no spontaneous respirations (the person cannot take a single breath on his/her own).
2. The pupils are dilated and fixed (the black of the eyes is wide and does not react to light).
3. There is no response to noxious stimulation (painful stimulation provokes no eyeblink, no grimacing, no movements of any part of the body).
4. All extremities are flaccid (there is no movement, no muscle tone and no reflex activity in any of the limbs - arms or legs).
5. There are no signs of brain stem activity:
A. The eyeballs are fixed in the orbits.
B. There are no corneal reflexes (stroking the clear part of the eye with a fine wisp of cotton fails to produce any movement of the eyelids).
C. There is no response to caloric testing (exposing the tympanic membrane of the ear to ice cold water fails to produce movement of the eyes).
D. There is no gag reflex or cough reflex.
If all these are positive only they will declare as Brain dead, in which case survival is very remote and only a miracle has to happen.
Any way we are all praying for your friend and for her family and we trust in God.-
2007-09-18 02:49:51 · answer #1 · answered by Jayaraman 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If your friend is clinically braindead then no she can not come out of it. A series of tests have to be done to determine this and once it is determined that someone is in fact braindead, that will not change. A person can however come out of a coma. There is a difference. She can hear you talk to her if she is in a coma, if braindead she cannot.
2007-09-17 19:13:30 · answer #2 · answered by Tamara S 2 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I was told I was brain dead but here I am typing this I was also told that I would have no use of my left side but I am back to work and driving there I was also in a coma. This is Mrs. Kevin Patton alive & well!! Praise the Lord!! Jesus stepped in and said I had more to do for Him
2014-10-23 09:02:14 · answer #3 · answered by Kevin Patton 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Further research will inform you that the Red Sea was once particularly referred to as the REED Sea, or Sea of Reeds. Reeds do not develop in salt water, so if the folks have been fleeing, they most often crossed some of the marshy swamps that abound within the Nile's Delta, or did earlier than the Suez Canal. The folks might have long gone from hammock to hammock (humps of dry floor) and might have made it taking walks, but if Pharaoh and his chariots attempted to comply with, they slowed down within the swamp, as though they'd been "swallowed."
2016-09-05 18:02:46 · answer #4 · answered by piguerias 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
If a person has been pronounced brain dead, there is no chance for recovery. What that means is there is no brain function.
Often a person who has been pronounced will be maintained on life support for a pending organ harvest.
Yes, it IS possible for people recover from serious or extensive brain injuries. However, these people have NOT been pronounced brain dead as there is still some function.
It's time for you to say goodbye. I'm sorry for your loss.
EMT
2007-09-17 23:23:14 · answer #5 · answered by emt_me911 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
No..if she's braindead, she cant come out of it. However, some people have come out of being braindead, but they werent actually 'braindead' it was just an intense coma.
2007-09-17 19:04:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
YES. The term "brain dead" is used by the medical community as a way to get people to donate organs. They tell relatives that patient is "brain dead" and convince them to release the body for "organ harvesting". The person is actually still alive (as they HAVE to be) when the organs are taken. The organ removal is actually what KILLS the person.
SICKENING.
2013-12-29 13:53:48 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No, like everyone else said, if you're brain dead, you're dead. The only thing that would be keeping you alive would be the machines. There is no chance of recovery. Sorry
2007-09-18 07:50:40 · answer #8 · answered by tess 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/man_makes_miraculous_recovery_from_brain_death_after_accident/
2014-01-03 22:59:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋