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  • Rated by amateur6 on Jul 30, 11:21am

    How to blog: throw together a few half-baked ideas with a lengthy bit of information stolen from elsewhere. Original article: http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=56781

  • Rated by Saphyn on May 02 2009, 12:54am

    Very interesting article. I always wondered if people would be aware of their own demise if they were shot in the head, or if it would just be over for them without their feeling any pain. I guess this finally answered my questions.

  • Rated by jenniferfed on Mar 28 2009, 1:15am

    Fantastic!!

  • Rated by Sekhmet-Re on Mar 13 2009, 11:14am

    Interesting concept to consider. I have been present when people have died due to long known illness, cardiac disease, liver disease, cancer, old age. I have also cared for others who knew they were going to die from the same such illnesses, but not how soon. I have never been present at a sudden, unexpected death. When death occurs slowly there is an awareness of what is killing you, but what about the moment or when death will occur. There was a man I cared for once that had been unconscious for several days prior to my caring for him, & the following day he was to be move to hospice for comfort as it was known his life would be ending soon. More family members were to arrive from out of state the next day & the family present wanted to know if he would live until then. I had no answer. All I could do was re-assure them I would care for him over night & it was OK they went home to rest as I would call them with any changes and they could call me any time during my over night shift to see how he was. The only meds the Dr's had ordered was IV Ativan & Morphine for "hospice comfort care". While these drugs help a patient be more comfortable, they will also suppress breathing. This man was so ill that fluids were leaking out of his skin body wide as his body was slowly shutting down, & would soak the bed in 10 min. This man was quite large & moving him to change his linens would cause him great pain. I'm sure touching him was painful but as he was unconscious the only gauge of pain I had was incoherent groans & writhing as much as he was able to move. His breathing was also suppressed to around 12 resp per min, occasionally dipping to 7 (normal is about 16-24). So I had to balance letting him rest quietly vs changing his bed & increasing his pain & then medicating him to get him comfortable knowing the meds I had to give would slow his breathing further. When ever I was in the room I would talk to him & let him know his family would be arriving the next day, ask him to let me know any way he could if he was in pain, etc. One time I went in to check on him, took his pulse & respers, & was talking to him. (Now remember this man had been unconscious for days & had not spoke or moved with conscious intent in all that time.) He suddenly sat up, forcibly grabbed both of my arms, looked right at me, & said "Help me I'm dying!". He then fell back in the bed & lost consciousness again but retained an extremely firm grip on one of my arms. Luckily the nurses @ that hospital carried cell phones & I was able to call another nurse to bring me meds to help make him comfortable & stayed with him until he was resting quietly again. So through all the time he was unconscious, he knew he was dying, & that night he did come very close to passing, especially when his respers dropped to 7 for awhile. I was not sure he would make it until morning, but he did. He was moved to hospice care that next day where his family was able to visit. I later heard he lived for 3 days after I cared for him & then he passed. I never found out if he ever regained consciousness again or if that brief moment of consciousness when he asked me to help him was the last time he was "awake" & spoke. But..he knew his time was near...Did he "see" his last moment coming?

  • Reviewed by manishsumman on Mar 06 2009, 11:30pm

    good site!

  • Rated by BumbleGum on Mar 05 2009, 7:16pm

    How interesting. The brain is fascinating!

  • Reviewed by vaishnavkumar on Mar 02 2009, 8:56pm

    i like this posting

  • Rated by mellocello2003 on Mar 01 2009, 8:37pm

    fascinating