tazzygirl -> RE: Spanked to death in the name of God? (8/22/2011 3:49:15 AM)
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Determination of Death. An individual who has sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead. A determination of death must be made in accordance with accepted medical standards. Toddler resuscitated 40 minutes after being declared dead Daniel Yi and Jennifer Mena, Los Angeles Times Published Saturday, November 8, 2003 A Fullerton, Calif., toddler who apparently drowned in her backyard pool came back to life Friday, 40 minutes after being pronounced dead at a hospital, authorities said. A police detective was taking pictures of 20-month-old Mackayala Jespersen at Anaheim Memorial Hospital, a routine police procedure in child deaths, when he noticed the girl trying to breathe, said police Sgt. Ron Gillett. The detective immediately alerted doctors, who resuscitated the girl. "It was a very emotional moment for everyone," Gillett said. "We thought she didn't make it and then she did. It was the lowest of the lows and the highest of the highs." She will be pronounced dead at least twice in her lifetime. The Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) and its state counterparts require the "irreversible" cessation of the functions of either (i) the entire brain or (2) the heart and lungs before a person can be considered dead. A hypothermic patient can show up at the hospital with absolutely no brain waves, no breathing, no heart beat... all the clinical requirements for death... and still be resuscitated. Medical experts said it was not unusual for people to survive being submerged in cold water, but that the time that had passed before Mackayala woke up was extraordinary. “If you had said she came back to life after ten minutes I would be surprised,” Mark Langdorf, chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, Irvine, said. “But 40 minutes is just exceptional.” http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article1014875.ece Mark I. Langdorf Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Chair Department of Emergency Medicine School of Medicine Medical Director, Emergency Department; Associate Residency Director M.D., University of California, San Diego Yeah, no Dr would ever say someone came back to life. Oops... one did.
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