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Can coma patients feel?
Brain scans show that the coma patients that are most aware of their environment react to pain as much as healthy people. Researchers who did the scans in Belgium say it justifies giving pain relief to all patients in this “minimally conscious state” (MCS).
Does talking to coma patients help?
Comatose patients do not seem to hear or respond. Speaking may not affect their clinical outcome; time spent with them takes time away from other, more “viable” patients. Comatose patients may, however, hear; many have normal brain-stem auditory evoked responses and normal physiologic responses to auditory stimuli.
What do coma survivors remember?
More commonly, people remember things that never happened. It’s hard to characterize the different mental experiences that people have while in a coma. Some of them may be dreams, others are hallucinations.
Can a person cry in a coma?
A comatose patient may open his eyes, move and even cry while still remaining unconscious. His brain-stem reflexes are attached to a nonfunctioning cortex. Reflex without reflection.
Can coma patients cry?
A comatose patient may open his eyes, move and even cry while still remaining unconscious. His brain-stem reflexes are attached to a nonfunctioning cortex. Reflex without reflection. Many professionals speak of this condition as a ”persistent vegetative state.
When will my loved one “wake up” after an induced coma?
There simply is no such thing as exactly predicting when your loved one will “wake up” after coming out of an induced coma. Let’s look at some of the most common reasons what causes a delay for your critically ill loved one to “wake up” after an induced coma.
Is it possible to have mechanical ventilation without an induced coma?
It’s very painful and uncomfortable to be able to tolerate mechanical ventilation and the breathing tube without being induced into a coma. There is no such thing as mechanical ventilation without an induced coma and vice versa.
Is your critically ill loved one confused with the ventilator?
Moreover, if your critically ill loved one has just been weaned off the ventilator and has come out of the induced coma, they may be confused. So, if that’s the case there is usually no need to panic, as a prolonged induced coma and mechanical ventilation on a ventilator/respirator can cause confusion, agitation and non- cooperation.
What happens when you give propofol to someone in an induced coma?
The 10 answers to the 10 most frequently asked questions when your loved one isn’t “waking up “ after an induced coma! Propofol (Diprivan) is a short acting sedative and it works very quickly after being given and it also stops working quickly when taken away.