[NautiNurse]

So I'll tell you what, why don't you provide a link that she doesn't have a flat EEG.

I didn't make the assertion based on the premise of fact in the manifesto that there is a flat EEG for Mrs. Schiavo. If you can't back it up, then I must doubt the assertion.

[Peach]

Oh. That's how it works. Okay.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Dr. Ron Cranford, a neurologist at the University of Minnesota, assessed Schiavo's brain function in 2001 as part of a court-ordered assessment. He was quoted in Florida Today as saying "[Schiavo] has no electrical activity in her cerebral cortex on an EEG (electroencephalogram), and a CT (computerized tomography) scan showed massive atrophy in that region."

Source.

Three Florida neurologists viewed 12 of Schiavo's CT scans on March 22 [10] (http://www.miami.edu/ethics/schiavo/CT%20scan.png). After viewing the scans, Dr. Leon Prockop (a professor and former chairman of the neurology department at the University of South Florida's College of Medicine) was quoted by the Sun-Sentinel as saying that Schiavo's scan exhibits the "most severe brain damage as I've ever seen." Dr. Walter Bradley, the chairman of neurology at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine, said that he "doubts there's any activity going on in the higher levels of her brain."

Source.

In 2002, a trial was held to determine whether or not any new therapy treatments would help Schiavo restore any cognitive function. A new computed axial tomography scan (CAT scan) was done, and showed severe cerebral atrophy. An EEG showed no measurable brain activity.

[Peach]

Oh, and I should have mentioned although you must know this as a nurse, there are EEG's which register the upper and lower regions of the brain.

I've forgotten which one controls breathing but obviously Terri is breathing on her own so it's the other region which is flat.