Sentences with phrase «victims in a coma»

Some serious car accidents leave victims in a coma.

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Because most concussion victims score 14 or 15 on the GCS, its primary utility is in ruling out more serious brain injuries.4 Thus,» [w] hile highly useful in the sphere of emergency response to trauma, the Glasgow Coma Scale should not be used to assess the significance of a concussion,» writes William P. Meehan, III, MD, MomsTeam concussion medicine expert emeritus and former Director of the Sports Concussion Clinic in the Division of Sports Medicine at Children's Hospital Boston, in his 2011 book, Kids, Sports, and Concussion.1

Meanwhile, the victim Brian DeLeon remains in a coma, and on Tuesday night, hours before charges were filed, Logan Square parents gathered to call for measures they hope will shield their children from violence.

The fourth victim of the Rasaq's terror act, Aderemi Adepoju was still in coma, as he was yet to recover from the severe machete cut unleashed on him by the suspect.

UPDATE: Jose Sucuzhañay, who had been on life support and in a coma since he and his brother were attacked with a bottle and an aluminum baseball bat in the early hours of Monday morning, has died: «The victim, Jose Osvaldo Sucuzhanay, the co-owner of Open Realty International, a real estate agency in Bushwick, was described by family members as a gentle, generous man, a father of two children who live with his parents in Azogues, Ecuador, his native town.

«Doctors in the emergency room harness the Glasgow Coma Scale to assess the extent of brain trauma in incoming patients — from a child who falls off the bed to a victim of a major accident,» Prof. Pick continued.

This is a phenomenon called postprandial sleep (more fondly referred to as the food coma) and I would bet that most of us have fallen victim to it at least once or twice in our lives.

In 1999, Tommy was the victim of a hit and run accident which left him in a coma for several weekIn 1999, Tommy was the victim of a hit and run accident which left him in a coma for several weekin a coma for several weeks.

Samantha «Sam» Newly is a corporate executive and hit - and - run victim who awakens after being in a coma for eight days, only to find she has amnesia.

His latest, Cemetery of Splendor, is set in a hospital where a compassionate nurse tends to the victims of a baffling sleeping coma, and it communicates in the amorphous language of dreams, a specialty of this filmmaker.

«Trinity» has its high points for fans of the two younger stars, but everything else is about as exciting as a brain - dead coma victim; and Goyer even throws in a few of those as well.

After.Life (R for profanity, nudity, disturbing images and brief sexuality) Psychological thriller about a car accident victim (Christina Ricci) who comes out of a coma to find herself in a funeral parlor where a mortician (Liam Neeson) with a sick agenda persists in prematurely preparing her body for burial.

In the new film, Nurse Kathy Jacquard (Sharni Vinson) becomes fascinated with coma victim (Jackson Gallagher).

While the notes continue, and innocent people meet brutal deaths because of his decisions, Billy realizes that the killer's next victim may be his fiancÅ 1/2 e, who has been in a coma for the last four years.

Once an aspiring artist, Misty is now relegated to waiting on the odd assortment of Mayflower - descended residents at the Waytansea Hotel's restaurant while her husband, Peter Wilmot, lies in a coma at a hospital, the victim of a failed suicide.

Family members said the victim was in a medically induced coma and needed to undergo surgery for his severe brain injuries.

Some victims may even be in a coma and worst some may have even died.

A brain injury may leave someone in a coma or other state so impaired that the victim can not survive without constant medical intervention.