To: grassboots.org
I have taken care of brain dead patients in preperation for transplant.
There is no muscle tone, there are no reflexes, If you touch the cornea they will not blink.
There is a significant difference between brain dead and brain injured.
1,725 posted on
03/18/2005 2:52:51 PM PST by
TASMANIANRED
(Certified cause of Post Traumatic Redhead Syndrome)
To: TASMANIANRED
I have taken care of brain dead patients in preperation for transplant. There is no muscle tone, there are no reflexes, If you touch the cornea they will not blink. There is a significant difference between brain dead and brain injured. I don't claim to know all about what the brain is doing, I am suggesting that the brain is not "dead" - it is doing things to keep the person alive.
2,227 posted on
03/19/2005 4:07:46 PM PST by
grassboots.org
(I Breathe and My Heart is Beating - I am by definition alive!)
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