NHBD is defined in people who die with a cessation of circulatory and respiratory function. The NHBD has had a prolonged phase of hypotension followed by cardiac arrest before organ recovery. There are two types of NHBD, controlled and uncontrolled. Controlled NHBD takes place in a situation where a patient is considered to be dead after planned withdrawal of life sustaining treatments. In contrast, uncontrolled NHBD occurs in situations in which patients who are dead on arrival in the ER or failure to successful resuscitation for people with cardiac arrest. In this case, this man falls into the category of controlled NHBD because his family decided to withdraw resuscitation after discussing the issue with the patient’s doctor.
The dead donor
The dead donor