A Code Blue Has Just Been Announced in a Hospital

question 36

Multiple Choice

A code blue has just been announced in a hospital.A patient has stopped breathing.Doctors and medics are rushed to the scene and quickly determine that brain death has not yet occurred.How did the medics know whether the patient was brain dead or not?

• A)They found that there was still activity in the frontal lobe of the patient's brain.
• B)Once breathing stops,brain death occurs.
• C)They found that there was still activity in the brain stem.
• D)They found that the pons was still active.

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Definitions:

Behavioral Contrast

A phenomenon in which the rate of response varies according to a change in the reinforcement of an alternative behavior.

Counterconditioning

A behavioral therapy technique that involves teaching the subject to associate a positive response with a stimulus that previously elicited a negative response.

Reciprocal Inhibition

Wolpe’s term for the idea that only one emotional state can be experienced at a time.

Sensory Disinhibition

The reduction of inhibitory signals in the nervous system, leading to an increase in sensory experiences.