Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
RECOGNITION OF LIFE EXTINCT (ROLE) - Coggle Diagram
RECOGNITION OF LIFE EXTINCT (ROLE)
WHY
CAUSES
NATURAL
AGE RELATED
END OF NATURAL LIFE
FRAILITY
DISEASE
DEMENTIA
Alzheimer's
Lewy body dementia.
Frontotemporal dementia.
Mixed dementia.
vascular dementia
CHRONIC
ACUTE
INFECTIONS
CAUSE
Bacterial infection. ...
strep throat
urinary tract infections (UTIs)
E. coli, Salmonella, or Shigella
bacterial cellulitis, such as due to Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
bacterial vaginosis
gonorrhea
chlamydia
syphilis
Clostridium difficile (C. diff)
tuberculosis
whooping cough
pneumococcal pneumonia
bacterial meningitis
Lyme disease
cholera
botulism
tetanus
anthrax
Fungal infection. ...
vaginal yeast infections
ringworm
athlete’s foot
thrush
aspergillosis
histoplasmosis
Cryptococcus infection
fungal meningitis
Parasitic infection.
malaria
toxoplasmosis
trichomoniasis
giardiasis
tapeworm infection
roundworm infection
pubic and head lice
scabies
leishmaniasis
river blindness
viral infection
influenza (the flu)
common cold
measles
rubella
chickenpox
norovirus
polio
infectious mononucleosis (mono)
herpes simplex virus (HSV)
human papillomavirus (HPV)
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
viral hepatitis, which can include hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E
viral meningitis
West Nile Virus
rabies
ebola
TYPE
RESPIRITORY
CELLULAR
SEPSIS
FOCAL
SYSTEMIC
TERMINAL
CANCER
SARCOMA
MELANOMA
LYMPHOMA
LEUKIMIA
CARCINOMA
SUSPICIOUS
WHERE
PUBLIC
LEGAL REQUIRMENTS
SERVICES REQUIRED
POLICE
FIRE
EMERGENCEY AMBULANCE
FAMILY
DIGNITY
RESPECT
VIEW
HOME
DIGNITY
RESPECT
FAMILY
CLINICAL SETTING
LEGAL REQUIRMENTS
WHO
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
CARERS
PRIVATE
NHS
FAMILY
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
PARAMEDIC
TECHNICIANS
NURSES
DOCTORS
HEALTH CARE ASSISTANCE
DENTIST
PHARMACIST
PATIENT TRANSPORT
LEGALITY
CPR REQUIRED
condition equivocally associated with death as per, West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) recognition of life extinct (R.O.L.E) Policy.
YES
DECAPITATION
Decapitation or beheading is the total separation of the head from the body, self evidently incompatible with life.
MASSIVE CRANIAL AND CEREBRAL DESTRUCTION
where injuries to skull and brain are considered by attending crew, healthcare professional to be incompatible with life, such as a catastrophic head injury
INCINERATION
the presence of full thickness burns with charring of greater than 95% of
the body surface
HEMICORPORECTOMY
the body is completely cut across below the shoulders and above the hips through all major organs and vessels. The spinal column may or may not be severed. Obvious the injuries are considered by the crew to be incompatible with life.
DECOMPOSITION/PUTREFACTION
Where tissue damage indicates that the patient has been
dead for some hours, days or longer.
1 more item...
RIGOR MORTIS
Rigor Mortis is the stiffening of the body occurring after death from the post-mortem
breakdown of enzymes in the muscle fibres.
3 more items...
HYPOSTASIS - LIVIDITY
The pooling of blood, which settles in direct response to gravity, as a result of absent blood flow.
3 more items...
FETAL MACERATION
When born with such severe abnormalities that it is considered incompatible with life.
NO
COMPLY WITH UK RESUS GUIDLINES AS PER SCOPE OF PRACTICE