Coma

were first used in the year 1214 when Saint Dominic the founder of the Order of the preachers, fell into a coma (Marshall, 2011). St Dominic experienced an apparition of Mary whilst in the coma and who presented him with the Rosary to help in his quest to convert the Albigensian Cathar heretics from Catharism, the Christian dualist, into Catholicism (Marshall, 2011). Once he woke up from his coma, Saint Dominic prayed the holy Rosary and it soon started to become a popular form of prayer in the…

When i was in the coma I was in one dream over and over again. It was like a broken record i had the same dream, but little thing would change and i keep trying to find a way out. Evently i did find a way i remember. When i woke up the first thing i saw was my dad he was…

Patient Troinenko Mikhail Igorevich, 4 years old, is under medical treatment in Nizhegorodskii Regional Children’s Hospital from 22.01.17 untill now. Diagnosis: severe open craniocerebral injury. There is high grade brain conrusion. Comminuted fracture of the right parietal bone, linear fracture of the left parietal, breakage of the squamous suture at the right and coronal suture, fracture of the left temporal bone; laminar and meningeal hematomas with low volume of the left frontal region and…

The moans surrounded my head and the weariness of the sounds spooked the forest. I could not concentrate on what the sound was and most importantly who were making those sounds. I had no idea what to do I was just frozen in place. Then, I remembered the poem that we found in the middle of the cabin remember what makes your friends light up, you might not have seen close up. I closed my eyes and brought the three of our heads together and remembering all of the fun times we shared. When I…

enough so the puke and blood got into my brothers lungs. Soon after my he was rushed to the E.R, they found out he had a brain aneurysm because of how long he was there and with that stuff in his lungs it put him in a coma. Soon before we knew it . it was almost a month since he was in a coma, and hasn’t had any signs that he could wake up. When my brother woke up he didn't remember what happened before. He didn’t remember going to his best friend's concert or the fight. When his best friend…

Euthanasia has been a much-debated issue in the healthcare community for several decades. Euthanasia is the painless killing of a person suffering from a terminal illness, irreversible coma, or a permanent vegetative state. Euthanasia can also be referred to a physician- assisted suicide (PAS). This is when a doctor prescribes a lethal dose of a medication and either the patient administers it or the physician gives it to the patient. Kant may have been against suicide, but euthanasia can be…

supply to the brain resulting in dangerous situation. • A person’s level of consciousness is affected which results in delayed responsiveness and the person finds it difficult to be alert and pay attention. The various states of consciousness include coma, vegetative state, and minimally conscious state, locked in syndrome and brain dead state. • Seizures as result of post traumatic epilepsy • Swelling due to accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid • Infections • Damage of blood vessels • Nerve…

this period of time, church is a very important aspect of life. God is the man of whom you love most. Having connections with the Devil is wrong. When Abigail supposedly dances in the woods for the Devil, and Parris’s daughter is in a Devil induced coma, Parris begins to freak on the children. “Now look you, child, your punishment will come in its time” (10). Shortly after, Parris begins to announce the indirect punishment on his title. “But if you trafficked with spirits in the forest I must…

onset of gram-negative bacterial meningitis in November of 2008. He is the author of the book Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife. Within four hours of falling ill and rushed to the hospital, Dr. Alexander slipped into a deep coma for seven days. The neocortex of his brain had completely shut down and he had, at best, a 10 percent chance of survival. During that week, his consciousness journeyed, beyond the veil, to Heaven. Had this perfect storm of circumstances…

by rotational forces such as with a car crash. Injury occurs because the unmoving brain moves later than the movement of the skull, which causes some brain structures to tear. This disturbance is enough to cause permanent widespread brain damage, coma, or death. "Penetrating injury occurs when the brain is impacted by a bullet, knife or other sharp object that forces hair, skin, bones, and fragments from the object into the brain"(Mayo Clinic)." A through-and-through injury occurs if an object…