After studying the course materials located on
Module 5: Lecture Materials & Resources
page, answer the following:
- Name some very important organs that are not vital organs.
 - List the functional description of all the normal vital organs, including today’s exceptions.
 - Is it possible to live without a vital organ? Why? Example?
 - Distinction between assisting or substituting vital organs. Bioethical analysis.
 - Do the following practices assist or substitute the vital organ? Why?
Dialysis
Respirator
Ventilator
Tracheotomy
CPR - Read and summarize ERD PART FIVE Introduction.
 - Unconscious state: Definition.
 - Clinical definitions of different states of unconsciousness: Compare and contrast
 - Benefit vs Burden: bioethical analysis.