Dying Persons with a Terminal Illness Are Often Given Strong

question 34

Multiple Choice

Dying persons with a terminal illness are often given strong narcotics to

• A) render them unconscious
• B) cause insensibility to pain
• C) bring about unawareness of self and surroundings
• D) all of these
• E) none of these

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Definitions:

Fibrinolysis

The biological process by which fibrin clots, the products of coagulation, are broken down, thereby preventing blood clots from growing and becoming problematic.

Intrinsic Pathway

A series of steps in blood coagulation that is initiated by internal trauma, leading to the activation of Factor X independent of tissue factor.

Extrinsic Pathway

A pathway for blood coagulation that is initiated by external trauma leading to blood escaping from the vascular system.

Clot Retraction

Condensation of a clot into a denser, compact structure; caused by the elastic nature of fibrin.