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Life support
Life Support is a broad type of healthcare intervention, encompassing measures used to promote the patient's life.
Dr. Jeff Livingston reviewed this
24 year experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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A 43-year old asked:
Do people recover from being on life support?
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A 36-year old asked:
What does it mean if a person is on life support?
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A 36-year old asked:
Is it possible for someone to die while on life support?
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A 48-year old asked:
Do you have any tips on how to pass advance life support test?
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A 49-year old asked:
Do you know are organ doners kept on life support after they die?
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A 47-year old asked:
How much time does life support last before the person is taken off it?
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A 43-year old asked:
Please tell me, could a person survive after being on life support for months?
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A 34-year old asked:
Are there any support sites for families of hard up pensioners on life support?
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A 44-year old asked:
What is meant by basic life support?
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A 16-year old male asked:
Can a 1 year old survive after being put on life support?
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A 32-year old female asked:
What dose it mean if my so was over breeding his life support?
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A 34-year old asked:
Supposing you're in the icu on life support. How do you let out waste?
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A male asked:
Can you survive after being put on life support? I am doing a persuasive speech on euthanasia and i wanted to know how often it is that the situation comes up. I want to know if when your put on life support with a failing body system, is there a chance y
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A 20-year old female asked:
Can a person die or heart stop while on life support?
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A 33-year old male asked:
Healthy 37 year old woman came down with covid-19, she has been at arlington memorial. they induced a coma and are now taking her off life support. what can we do to save her life!?
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A 43-year old asked:
What is basic cardiac life support vs advanced?
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A 33-year old asked:
Do surgeons ever have to be the one to turn off life support on a patient?
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A 31-year old asked:
Is is possible for a severely anemic woman to end up on life support after having a baby?
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A member asked:
Overdose+life+supportdoes having seizures while on life support after drug overdose have meaning (good or bad)?
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A 28-year old female asked:
My brother was put on life support Wednesday. Ive felt dizzy since. Today is Monday. Is this normal? How can I make it go away?
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A 32-year old asked:
Where do I find local advanced cardiac life support acls classes?
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A 37-year old asked:
Do they tak you off life support and let you die on the or table if an organ donor?
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A 34-year old asked:
Help please? What is the paper called that you sign to allow doctors to pull life support?
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A 27-year old female asked:
72 yr old man on life support 15bpm after major cardiac event. What is the chance for survival?
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A 44-year old asked:
Heard of someone with infection and rupture of his appendix , organ failure and on life support, how did he get it?
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A 45-year old asked:
How effective is life support for treating cardiac arrest?
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A 49-year old female asked about a 56-year old male:
If someone too weak for surgery cannot life support aid during and after a bypass?
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A 40-year old asked:
Can you tell me about copd, pneumonia and pseudemonous infections on life support ?
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A 37-year old asked:
Can you tell me if someone is put on life support do they induce a coma or can that person b awake just not able to talk?
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A 44-year old asked:
Can you tell me what you suggest if someone is put on life support, do they induce a coma or can that person be awake just not able to talk?
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