157 If you are an organ donor, you may want to reconsider… "I am not allowed to tell you this," Dr. Byrne, founder of Perinatal Medicine says a diagnosis of “brain death” is a lie. It’s essentially a organ harvesting scheme (twitter.com) posted 289 days ago by wQkeAF 289 days ago by wQkeAF +158 / -1 46 comments share 46 comments share save hide report block hide replies
'Remove the person from the ventilator circuit and see if they can draw breaths'. They could have paralytics on board.
No. We won't do an apnea test until any given paralytics are gone. You can test the patient with a nerve stimulator to ensure they are not under the influence of paralytics. That said, you are right in that either sketchiness or mistakes happen