Death
Permitting the death of a patient by withholding treatment that might extend life, such as medications, life support systems, or feeding tubes
Passive euthanasia
Prohibits selling or purchasing organs
The National Organ Transplantation Act
If mucous collects in the pt's throat, noisy resps are heard. This sound is referred to as
Death rattle
In order for someone to legally donate their body or organs, what must they have?
Consent form
What is one of the most devastating losses that can occur in a family?
Death of a child
Acknowledges that one is going to die and forgoes aggressive treatment
Allow natural death
When are vital organs recovered
After the pt is pronounced clinically dead or brain dead
Un-receptivity and unresponsiveness, no movement or breathing, no reflexes, flat encephalogram, absence of apical pulse, cessation of respirations
Clinical signs of death
What is honored at hospitals and other health care agencies and is posted in prominent areas
The Dying Person's Bill of Rights
With an average of 105 deaths a day, what was the leading cause of death in the US in 2010
Suicide
The goal in caring for the dying patient
Death with dignity
Where do more people choose to die
At home
May immediately precede the moment of death
Period of peace
What act governs organ donations
The National Organ Transplantation Act
If the death of a child occurs before, during or shortly after birth, it is called
Perinatal death
When a volunteer is needed to give family a small break
Respite time
Dilated and fixed pupils, Cheyne-Stokes resps, pulse becomes increasingly weaker and more rapid, and the BP continues to fall
Signs of death approaching
A service that provides a photographer to take pictures of the infant and family for free
Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep
Non-vital tissues that can be donated
(Name 2)
Cornea, long bones, skin, middle ear bones, saphenous and femoral veins, heart valves
For many, viewing the body is a sign of
Closure
Prevention, relief, reduction, or soothing of symptoms of disease or disorders without affecting a cure
Palliative care
Time of day when people fear that they will die
Night time
What should you check that is not given verbally, but written
DNR
Which intestine can be donated
Small intestine
The death of a child is considered to be what kind of death
Out-of-sequence death