Understanding Brain Death and Organ Donation

Last updated about 4 years ago

11 questions

Understanding Brain Death and Organ Donation

Last updated about 4 years ago

11 questions

Read the text and decide if the following statements are true or false and answer the final question.

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Question 11

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Why do you think it is important that families understand what brain death is?

Read the text and decide if the following statements are true or false and answer the final question.

P.S.  You may use the website as a source for your research...

Question 1

When a person is brain dead, no part of the brain is working in any capacity
and it never will.

True

False

Question 2

When a patient is brain dead, his or her heart stops beating right away as well.

True

False

Question 3

Brain death can never be reversed.

True

False

Question 4

Brain dead and coma are synonyms.

True

False

Question 5

It is possible for a person in a coma to recover consciousness.

True

False

Question 6

Many times, a patient who is brain dead seems to be asleep and still breathes,
albeit with the help of a machine.

True

False

Question 7

In brain death, a minimum of blood flows to the brain.

True

False

Question 8

It is the transplantation team of doctors who evaluate and determine if a patient
is brain dead.

True

False

Question 9

Brain death is recognized as death medically, but not legally.

True

False

Question 10

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In brain death, machines temporarily keep blood flowing to the organs so that
they can be recovered for transplantation.

True

False

Question 11

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Why do you think it is important that families understand what brain death is?

When a person is brain dead, no part of the brain is working in any capacity
and it never will.

True

False

When a patient is brain dead, his or her heart stops beating right away as well.

True

False

Brain death can never be reversed.

True

False

Brain dead and coma are synonyms.

True

False

It is possible for a person in a coma to recover consciousness.

True

False

Many times, a patient who is brain dead seems to be asleep and still breathes,
albeit with the help of a machine.

True

False

In brain death, a minimum of blood flows to the brain.

True

False

It is the transplantation team of doctors who evaluate and determine if a patient
is brain dead.

True

False

Brain death is recognized as death medically, but not legally.

True

False

In brain death, machines temporarily keep blood flowing to the organs so that
they can be recovered for transplantation.

True

False

Understanding Brain Death and Organ Donation

Understanding Brain Death and Organ Donation

Read the text and decide if the following statements are true or false and answer the final question.

Why do you think it is important that families understand what brain death is?

Read the text and decide if the following statements are true or false and answer the final question.

When a person is brain dead, no part of the brain is working in any capacityand it never will.

When a patient is brain dead, his or her heart stops beating right away as well.

Brain death can never be reversed.

Brain dead and coma are synonyms.

It is possible for a person in a coma to recover consciousness.

Many times, a patient who is brain dead seems to be asleep and still breathes,albeit with the help of a machine.

In brain death, a minimum of blood flows to the brain.

It is the transplantation team of doctors who evaluate and determine if a patientis brain dead.

Brain death is recognized as death medically, but not legally.

In brain death, machines temporarily keep blood flowing to the organs so thatthey can be recovered for transplantation.

Why do you think it is important that families understand what brain death is?

When a person is brain dead, no part of the brain is working in any capacity
and it never will.

Many times, a patient who is brain dead seems to be asleep and still breathes,
albeit with the help of a machine.

It is the transplantation team of doctors who evaluate and determine if a patient
is brain dead.

In brain death, machines temporarily keep blood flowing to the organs so that
they can be recovered for transplantation.