Differences Between a Permanent Vegetative State and a Coma

Differences Between a Permanent Vegetative State and a Coma

 

HLT 520 Week 7 Discussion 1 Latest-GCU

Explore the issues of how to determine if a patient is mentally competent to make his or her own decisions, especially in situations where the decisions do not appear to make sense.

HLT 520 Week 7 Discussion 2 Latest-GCU

What are the differences between a permanent vegetative state and a coma? How do these differences affect the ethical choices faced by the family and caregivers of the patient? What impacts should the patient’s own wishes have? How would the presence of a living will impact the decision?

HLT 520 Week 7 Brain Death Scenario Assignment Latest-GCU

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Scenario: You are the hospital administrator and are told by your ICU unit director of a patient in the unit that has suffered serious brain damage, but is not currently meeting the criteria for complete brain death. Half of the family is insisting that the patient “wouldn’t want to live this way” and the other half is accusing them of wanting to kill the patient. Some allegations have been raised about a substantial inheritance for some family members upon the patient’s death. The battle is becoming intense and it is beginning to disrupt the medical and nursing staff.

1) Write an analysis (1,250-1,500 words) of the situation from an ethical and legal perspective. Address the following questions:

1. a) What are the ethical issues?
2. b) What are the legal issues?
3. c) What are the medical care issues?
4. d) What actions would you take? Why? How?
5. e) What resources would you tap?

2) Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

3) This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for the successful completion of the assignment.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION;

Differences Between a Permanent Vegetative State and a Coma

Introduction

Every person who loses consciousness is classified as having a coma. The definition of a coma varies depending on the medical team caring for the patient and the underlying cause of their condition, but it usually means that they are unable to respond to stimuli, including pain. Coma and vegetative state are similar but distinct conditions that affect two different groups of people: those who have experienced a severe brain injury and those who have been diagnosed with persistent vegetative state (PVS).

A coma is a state of unconsciousness in which a person does not respond to any stimuli, including pain.

A coma is a state of unconsciousness in which a person does not respond to any stimuli, including pain. It can be caused by a brain injury or disease and lasts for days or weeks.

A patient who is comatose doesn’t seem to be aware of his surroundings; he may sleep all day long and may not move even when an alarm goes off or someone rings the doorbell. This can last for several days or even weeks before progressing into vegetative state (VS). A VS patient has some awareness but cannot communicate with you about what’s going on around him because he isn’t able to verbalize anything at all—no speaking or moving either!

No one in a coma will ever recover consciousness or get better.

A coma is a state of unconsciousness and is usually caused by brain damage. It can be caused by a stroke, brain injury or traumatic brain injury (TBI). In the case of TBI, your head has hit something hard enough to cause bleeding in your skull, which creates pressure on your brain and causes it to swell.

In addition to causing significant injury to the brain itself, this swelling may also damage surrounding areas such as muscles or bones around the skull; this is why someone who has sustained a serious head injury may also have other symptoms besides just being unable to move their body parts properly due to lack of feeling them/feeling things through them (such as feeling pain).

A person in a coma is alive and needs appropriate clinical care.

A person in a coma is alive, even if they cannot breathe or talk. They need appropriate clinical care to protect their health and safety. This can be provided at home or in hospital depending on the circumstances of the patient’s impairment.

It is also possible for family members or friends to provide such care when they are unable to do so themselves due to lack of training or experience. Nursing staff who work with people who have been diagnosed with vegetative state may offer support as well by providing information about their condition and how it affects their recovery process

Coma and vegetative state are medical terms that describe the same condition.

It’s important to understand that a person in a persistent vegetative state can recover. The condition is not permanent, and there is no way to wake someone from it.

In order for someone to be diagnosed with a coma or vegetative state, they must be unable to communicate with others and/or move their body on their own but this does not mean they are dead! A person who has been placed into this state may have been severely injured by trauma or disease, but if they were treated correctly by doctors at the time of injury (and again later), then chances are high that recovery will happen eventually; some people even regain consciousness after being in an induced coma for several months.

There is no way to wake a person from a coma.

In a permanent vegetative state, the brain is not working. That means that the patient cannot be woken up and will never recover consciousness or get better.

The brain can’t send signals to your body if it’s not functioning properly. You may feel like you’re awake, but if your body isn’t responding to stimuli like being touched or spoken to you won’t know what’s happening around you.

What is a coma? A coma is a state of deep unconsciousness in which a person cannot be awakened, does not respond to stimulation, and has an impaired ability to move voluntarily.

Every patient recovers from a coma at their own speed.

Every patient recovers at their own speed. Some people recover quickly and others take much longer.

There is no way of predicting how long someone will remain in a coma, or even if they will recover at all. A person’s medical history and the severity of their injuries can play a role in how long it takes for them to wake up after being unconscious for an extended period of time or if there are signs that indicate that recovery may not occur at all.

The chances of surviving a coma depend on its cause.

There are many causes of comas, including:

• Trauma to the brain (such as from a car accident)

• Infections of the brain (such as meningitis or encephalitis)

• Stroke

The chances of survival after emerging from a coma or persistent vegetative state depend on the cause. If you have been in anoxic wards for long periods of time and have been given good treatment, there is still hope that you will recover at some point. However, if your illness was caused by an infection or trauma to your head then it may be harder for doctors to treat this type of damage because they do not know where exactly they should focus their efforts.

Some patients in a persistent vegetative state can recover.

In some cases, patients can recover and regain consciousness. If the cause of a coma is lack of oxygen to the brain and nerves or other injuries, it’s possible to wake someone who has been in a persistent vegetative state for years.

However, this depends on many factors: How long ago did your loved one fall into a coma? Did he or she ever have any signs that they were getting worse? Was there any hope for recovery at all? The answers to these questions will help determine whether you’ll try anything other than letting nature take its course with your loved one’s condition.

Some people emerge from their comas with cognitive impairments that affect the rest of their lives.

Some people emerge from their comas with cognitive impairments that affect the rest of their lives. This is because the brain is a complex organ and it’s not always possible to predict the extent of damage.

The longer someone stays in a coma, the more likely they are to have cognitive impairments and these can be mild or severe. For example, some people who were admitted into permanent vegetative states (PVS) find themselves unable to speak after waking up from their comas but retain some form of consciousness during this period. This can lead them to repeat words over and over again without being able to understand what they mean or why they’re doing so; others may only respond when prompted by other people around them like family members or nurses caring for them at home after discharge from hospital care facilities where further treatment options were unavailable due lack funding issues due lack resources etcetera…

Conclusion

We hope this article has been helpful in explaining the differences between a coma and a vegetative state. We hope it has also helped you to understand that there is no “right” or “wrong” answer when it comes to what kind of condition someone is in, as long as they are receiving appropriate care. The only thing that matters is their health and well-being and if you have any information about their condition, please share it with us so we can keep you updated on any progress made!