The student nurse asks how the nurse will know when the client has actually died. The nurse tells the student nurse about the signs of brain death and biological death. When does the client experience biological death?
A) Irreversible coma
B) Pupils fixed and dilated
C) Irreversible cessation of all functions of the brain
D) Absence of respirations and the absence of a heartbeat
D
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Clinical death or biological death is death due to the absence of respirations and the absence of a heartbeat. Brain death occurs with an irreversible coma; pupils fixed and dilated and irreversible cessation of all functions of the brain.
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