An 85-year-old woman who was having trouble breathing checked into the hospital. There, her heart stopped beating and doctors determined she suffered heart failure. After being resuscitated, she was in a coma and had no brain function. Her family then made the difficult decision to take her off life support, and the woman passed away.
Which order of events did the woman experience?
brain death Right arrow. clinical death Right arrow. somatic death
somatic death Right arrow. brain death Right arrow. clinical death
clinical death Right arrow. brain death Right arrow. somatic death
clinical death Right arrow. somatic death Right arrow. brain death
