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CRQ 433: Brainstem Death Testing 1

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A 35-year-old woman is unconscious and apnoeic on the ventilator following a large intracranial haemorrhage. The decision is taken to perform brainstem death testing…

Question No. 2

Q: List 3 criteria for the personnel that should perform brainstem death testing? (3 marks)

Question No. 3

Q: What is the second precondition required for before brainstem death testing can be performed? (1 marks)

Question No. 4

Q: Give 3 causes of apnoea that would exclude brainstem death testing? (3 marks)

Question No. 5

Q: Give 3 causes of impaired consciousness that would exclude brainstem death testing? (3 marks)

Question No. 6

Q: Complete the table to show how brainstem reflexes are tested and the nerves that are involved in each test? (10 marks)

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