Kematian - Living Definitions - Facts,Figures dan Jawaban Belum Lahir

Death – Living Definitions - Fakta, Bilangan dan Jawaban Belum Lahir:

Kematian adalah apa? – A Ketajaman menurut undang-undang Kematian:

Setiap negara mempunyai definisi hukumnya sendiri atas Kematian.

Misalnya, di undang-undang Australia, kematian secara umum ditegaskan sejuga tidak penghentian peredaran darah yang tak dapat dipulihkan di badan atau penghentian tak dapat dipulihkan semua fungsi otak orang.


Kematian otak:
Kematian otak (penghentian semua yang tak dapat dipulihkan fungsi otak) bermaksud kematian baik tangkai otak dan otak atas.

Orang yang ialah otak mati, sudah kehilangan baik kecakapan untuk berpikir maupun merasa, sama baiknya dengan kontrol fungsi badan dasar.

Tantangan pengadilan:
Tantangan pengadilan untuk mempertimbangkan kematian otak sol bagian atas seorang diri sampai sejauh ini sudah gagal, tetapi sejarah mengusulkan agar definisi sekarang kami kematian jauh dari permanen.

Kematian dari perspektif Agama:
Untuk Gereja Katolik Roma, Kematian adalah "pemisahan benar-benar dan terakhir jiwa dari badan".

Tidak untuk Gereja!!:
Namun Vatikan sudah mengakui kematian mendiagnosa itu adalah subyek untuk obat, tak ada Gereja.

Di Pope 1957 Pius XII menyampaikan keprihatinan lebih apakah dokter mungkin "meneruskan proses membuat siuman, meskipun ada fakta bahwa jiwa sudah mungkin meninggalkan majelis."


Menghadapi Obat Modern!!:
"Dia malah menanya kelumpuhan, akibat fatal di antaranya sudah diperlambat oleh pernapasan buatan. kepada salah satu pertanyaan penting yang menghadapi obat modern, yaitu apakah kematian sudah terjadi setelah trauma gawat ke otak, yang sudah membangkitkan ketidaksadaran mendalam dan pernafasan penting" Jawaban, katanya, "tidak turun dalam kecakapan Gereja."

"Masih bagi dokter dan khususnya ahli anestetik, perlu memberi definisi jelas dan tepat kematian" dan "momen kematian" pasien yang melewati jauh di negara bagian ketidaksadaran.


Kematian otak

Kematian otak (penghentian semua yang tak dapat dipulihkan fungsi otak) biasanya terjadi setelah stroke, atau dampak yang membuat otak mengembang dan mendesak pada tengkorak, mencegah darah mengalir ke otak.

Kematian otak dan Reversible Coma:
Di ketiadaan darah yang diberi oksigen, sel otak dengan cepat mati. Sel mati rusak dan mencair.

Kematian otak cukup berbeda dari dapat dipulihkan koma (ketidaksadaran) di sel otak hidup yang mana tetap.
Orang bisa tetap secara permanen tak sadar dengan kematian otak total atau sebagian.

Upper Brain dan Lower Brain:
Orang dengan kematian hanya otak atas (belahan bumi otak) tidak akan mempunyai kesadaran, kenangan, pengetahuan atau pemikiran, tetapi otak lebih rendah yang hidup (otak tangkai) membolehkan jantung memompa, paru-paru untuk bernafas dan badan untuk berfungsi.

To be legally brain dead, all function of both the upper and lower brain must cease.

Because the heart will fail on a brain-dead person, certification of death by brain-death criteria (instead of circulatory criteria) will only be needed when the dead person's body functions are being maintained by an artificial ventilator.

To establish that the brain is dead, certifying doctors must ascertain that:
1. There is no evidence of brain function over a period of time

2. The loss of function is not a result of drugs, hypothermia (low temperature), hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) or hyponatraemia (low blood sodium)

3. The person has sustained a brain injury sufficient to account for the irreversible loss of brain function. Often this is done by CT scan

4. There are no reflex functions associated with coughing, gagging, eye movement, blinking, or dilation of the pupils

5. The person makes no attempt to breathe when disconnected from the respirator for several minutes

6. During the previous test, the carbon dioxide level of the blood has risen above the point at which breathing is normally stimulated

These tests are frequently repeated after a further 24 hours as an assurance of irreversibility.

A flat electroencephalogram, indicating an absence of brain activity is often used for verification.

Where the "dead" person's organs are available for donation, two doctors, neither of whom is caring for a potential organ recipient, must undertake the testing and certification.

If the person has received drugs that might invalidate the testing procedure, or if the head is so badly damaged that the tests cannot be performed, death can be determined by total lack of blood flow to the brain.

This is done by inserting dyes (angiogram), or radioisotopes into the blood vessels supplying the brain blood vessels, to ascertain that they do not travel to the brain.

When death occurs
1. Breathing ceases entirely.
2. Heartbeat and pulse stop.
3. The person is entirely unresponsive to stimuli.
4. The eyes may be fixed in directions. The pupils are dilated and fixed to light. The eyelids may be open or closed.
5. A loss of control of urine and/or bowels may occur.
6. The skin may become pale (known as pallor mortis); there may be signs of blood buildup in the part of the body at lowest elevation (known as Livor mortis).
7. The person becomes progressively mottled and cold (algor mortis) and stiff (rigor mortis).

Customs and superstitions:

In China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan the number 4 is often associated to death due to the sound of the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean words for four and death being similar. For this reason, hospitals and hotels often omit the 4th, 14th, etc. floors. However, ISO 3166-2 codes for Japan does have JP-04 for Miyagi Prefecture.

Causes of human death in the US

In 2002, in the United States, various common or noteworthy causes of death were:
1. Heart Disease: 696,947
2. Cancer: 557,271
3. Stroke: 162,672
4. Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 124,816
5. Accidents (unintentional injuries): 106,742
6. Diabetes: 73,249
7. Influenza/pneumonia: 65,681
8. Alzheimer's disease: 58,866
9. Nephritis, nephritic syndrome, and nephrosis: 40,974
10. Septicemia: 33,865
11. Suicide: 30,622
12. Murder: 16,110
13. Execution: 71

It is worth noting that in the United States, as with most of the industrialized world, most deaths are from chronic and not acute disease. This is because wealthier nations tend to have extensive healthcare.

In less developed countries, most fatalities occur from preventable diseases such as malaria, cholera or AIDS.


What Happens after Death?

Will God Forget the Dead?

Do Good People Really Go to Heaven When They Die?
People Believed in 'Going to Heaven' Long Before Christianity
What Does the Bible Say About the "Immortal Soul"?
When I Die Will I Go to Heaven?

This is one of the great questions of life: What happens when we die? Is death the end of human existence and consciousness, or do we continue in some other place or state of being?

Do we go to a place of everlasting reward or eternal torment?

Are we destined to be reincarnated, coming to life again in a different body in a seemingly endless cycle of living and dying?

Will we ever see deceased loved ones again? Is there somewhere you can go to find the answers?

Centuries of Research and NO answer yet:

In spite of centuries of research, science cannot tell us when, where or how life began.

Only one source tells us how life began and for what purpose. Shouldn't we go to that source to understand the mystery of death? The Bible tells us exactly what happens after death. It tells us what happens to those who have done right and wrong and reveals the fate of the billions of people who have never known God and His way of life. Most churches claim to teach what the Bible says—but what does it really reveal? You need to discover the answers yourself.

C.EASHWER-SINGAPORE
eashwer@pacific.net.sg