A Patient Is Admitted to the Critical Care Unit with the Diagnosis

question 9

Multiple Choice

A patient is admitted to the critical care unit with the diagnosis of massive head trauma caused by a motor vehicle accident.The patient is unresponsive and on mechanical ventilation.The electroencephalogram is negative for brain waves.The family has agreed to organ donation.The organ donor would be classified as a

• A) brain-dead donor.
• B) donation after cardiac death.
• C) living related donor.
• D) living, unrelated donor.

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