Vital Organs / Unconscious State

After studying the course materials located on Module 5: Lecture Materials & Resources (MUST USE ONLY RESOURCES GIVEN HERE) SEE BELOW page, answer the following:

1. Name some very important organs that are not vital organs.
2. List the functional description of all the normal vital organs, including today’s exceptions.
3. Is it possible to live without a vital organ? Why? Example?
4. Distinction between assisting or substituting vital organs. Bioethical analysis.
5. Do the following practices assist or substitute the vital organ? Why?
   • Dialysis
   • Respirator
   • Ventilator
   • Tracheotomy
   • CPR
6. Read and summarize ERD PART FIVE Introduction.
7. Unconscious state: Definition.
8. Clinical definitions of different states of unconsciousness: Compare and contrast
9. Benefit vs Burden: bioethical analysis.
10. APA 7 ED, YOUR OWN WORDS, KEEP IT SIMPLE.

Read

• Ethical and Religious Directives (ERD) for Catholic Health Care Services (6th ed.). (2018). 
  PART FIVE: Introduction
• PHI 3633 WK 5-A.pdf download
• PHI 3633 WK 5-B.pdf download
• DISTINCTION BETWEEN ASSISTING AND SUBSTITUTING VITAL ORGANS.pdf download

Watch

• Cioffi, A. (2019, March 9). BIO 603 VITAL ORGANS ASSIST SUBST 3 9 19 [Video file]. Retrieved fromBIO 603 VITAL ORGANS ASSIST SUBST 3 9 19 (Links to an external site.)
• Cioffi, A. (2019, March 24). BIO 603 UNCONSCIOUS 3 23 19 [Video file]. Retrieved fromBIO 603 UNCONSCIOUS 3 23 19 (Links to an external site.)