What is a medical induced coma?
They put meds in an IV to put the patient to sleep. Or a coma as you call it.
Medically Induced Coma?
Putting someone in a medically induced coma is not done lightly as it lowers blood pressure, and that can be a serious problem. It also can dull the heart muscle and cause heart failure, which can further impair circulation. It also renders people more susceptible to infections while receiving this medically induced coma, not to mention chemo. Immobilized patients can get deadly pneumonias or blood clots in the arms and legs that can be fatal if they travel to the lungs. The patients can also develop muscle paralysis or weakness that can last for weeks. It is usually used for brain injuries and is a last-ditch effort. Survival for Ewing sarcomas depends on the location of the primary site. If it is in an extremity the 5-year survival rate is about 58%. If it is in a central location it is less than 35%.
Medically induced coma.?
It varies on many things. There might be brain damage due to skull fracture. Also he may be minimally aware of surrounding but not oriented to person, place, or time. It is best he probably stay chemically paralyzed due to the confusion. Best ask the doctors.
Why are some people put into a medically induced coma after a heart attack?
A standard part of the treatment for cardiac arrest, which is technically different than a "heart attack"- though there may be some overlap, is to induce hypothermia, meaning the body is kept intentionally at 32-34 degrees Celcius for several days. Meanwhile the patient is kept sedated, mainly to reduce discomfort. This has been shown to help the patient's brain recover from the cardiac arrest. Many patients survive cardiac arrest only to have permanent brain damage including some who live in vegetative state
Can someone in a medically induced coma hear?
I was in a medically induced coma for two weeks. I'm told I responded non verbally—hand movement or facial features. But when you are in a medically induced coma you cannot hear. There are rare moments where that non verbal communication happens too.The other consideration is that anyone in a medically induced coma cannot breathe on their own. Nor feed themselves, go to the bathroom without a catheter. It's like being in surgery for two weeks in my case with one glaring exception. I had fantastic though completely unbelievable dreams. And they were very vivid.But for all intents and purposes you are in a deep, deep sleep. You lose all senses. I had 13 IV’s and felt none of them go in as I was non responsive when originally found. All the poking and prodding that the doctors and nurses around the clock was something oblivious to me. You are completely out.The doctors and nurses say that later, as they were slowly bringing me out of it I began to pull at the IVs and tubes. I was still intubated and connected to hose and after hose, all of which I tried to remove. That was when they restrained me again. It was frustrating and humiliating, but they did it with very good reason.
What's it like to be in a medically induced coma?
During my coma, I was flying through space in my mind. It was like a dream that lasted for weeks and I forgot about real life. When I woke, it took me a while to remember what had happened, to be convinced I wasn't an astronaut, and then I became upset. I kept trying to tear all the tubes and lines from my body because I wanted to leave/go back. Everything felt surreal. I couldn't speak, and I couldn't breathe without assistance. It was horrible, but they gave me medications that helped immensely.
What is a medically induced coma? What are they used for?
Rarely done anymore, this is a situation in which a patient has sustained a critical brain injury, usually either trauma or stroke, resulting in brain swelling, increased pressure in the skull, and therefore inadequate blood supply to the brain, leading to oxygen and glucose starvation, further brain injury and so forth. Traditionally, barbiturates were given until the EEG was suppressed to a condition called "burst suppression." The idea was to shut down nearly all brain function, decreasing its energy usage, need for glucose and oxygen, and output of carbon dioxide and other metabolic products. The procedure worked in some cases but was really a last ditch effort made in desperation. In recent years it's largely, but not entirely, been supplanted by hemicraniectomy--removal of large parts of the skull, sometimes even bilateral--as a direct means of reducing pressure. In patients with generalized brain swelling, induced burst suppression barbiturate coma is still a consideration.
How long do medically induced coma patients have to stay in the hospital after they wake up?
That depends upon a lot of variables. It is not like we see on tv where the patient wakes up and is out of the hospital in an hour. When one wakes from a MIC depending upon how long they were in comatose state, the body has to revamp itself, the blood has to begin recirculating normally, bp has to stabilize etc. Not to mention muscle deterioration. This recover period could take weeks or months. Each persons recovery is unique, but it is sometimes a long process.
Is it possible to give birth while in a medically-induced coma?
In the video game, FEAR, a girl named Alma Wade was put in a medically induced coma at the age of 8. At the age of 14, and still in her medically induced coma, her father had her impregnated so that she would be able to bear children. Due to complications with maintaining her induced coma, Alma became aware that her body was being used as a vessel for birth and she awoke when her first son was born at the age of 15, she was quickly re-sedated; when her second son was born 1 year later, she didn't awake again. While this is a morbid example of such births, it does have me wondering whether giving birth to children while in a medically-induced coma is possible, or even healthy for the fetus/child. If a child was allowed to grow and gestate in a human body which is in a coma, would the drugs have some effect on the fetus while it was developing? What effects would incur on the fetus if the mother had to give birth in this state? Would these effects be noticeable after the birth and during the growing and development phase of the child? How would this impact his/her life?