A Harvard Group Definition of Biological Death Includes the Criteria

question 161

Multiple Choice

A Harvard group definition of biological death includes the criteria of

• A)failure to move for 1 hour and failure to breathe for 3 minutes after removal from ventilator.
• B)only eye response is reflexive eye blink.
• C)heart-beat rate of 0 per minute for 10 consecutive minutes.
• D)lack of electrical activity throughout entire brain and spinal cord.

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Definitions:

Liquid Medication

Medications that are prepared and administered in liquid form, often used for ease of ingestion or when precise dosages are required.

Parenterally

Administering medication or nutrients by a route other than the digestive tract, often through intravenous, intramuscular, or subcutaneous injection.

Intramuscular

Pertaining to an injection directly into the muscle tissue, used for the delivery of certain medications.

Medication Tolerance

A physiological condition where increased doses of a medication are required to achieve the same therapeutic effect.