{"id":209171,"date":"2024-02-05T09:51:56","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T13:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=209171"},"modified":"2024-02-05T09:53:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T13:53:12","slug":"very-disturbing-brain-death-is-a-lie-dont-donate-your-organs-dr-paul-a-bryne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=209171","title":{"rendered":"<h3><b>VERY DISTURBING: Brain Death Is A LIE. Don\u2019t Donate Your Organs \u2013 Dr. Paul A. Bryne<\/b><\/h3>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Every donor is killed in the process, he stated. Revoking your organ donation status from your drivers license is not enough, you must also complete a document of refusal.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>LIONESS OF JUDAH MINISTRY<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bitchute.com\/embed\/zAuz6c44AoR0\/\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Paul A. Byrne is a Board Certified Neonatologist and Pediatrician. He is the Founder of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children\u2019s Medical Center in St. Louis, MO. He is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at University of Toledo, College of Medicine. He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Fellowship of Catholic Scholars.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Byrne is past-President of the Catholic Medical Association (USA), formerly a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at St. Louis University in St. Louis, MO, and Creighton University in Omaha, NE. He is the author and producer of the film \u201cContinuum of Life\u201d and the author of the books \u201cLife, Life Support and Death,\u201d \u201cBeyond Brain Death,\u201d and \u201cIs \u2018Brain Death\u2019 True Death?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Byrne has presented testimony on \u201clife issues\u201d to nine state legislatures beginning in 1967. He opposed Dr. Kevorkian on the television program \u201cCross-Fire.\u201d He has been interviewed on Good Morning America, public television in Japan, and participated in the British Broadcasting Corporation Documentary \u201cAre the Donors Really Dead?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the medical profession declares patients \u201cbrain dead,\u201d often following an accident, Dr. Byrne insisted there\u2019s no such thing. &#8220;Brain death&#8221; was false, he said. \u201cBrain death was a lie from the beginning. It has always been a lie. &#8220;Brain death&#8221; is not true death,\u201d he continued. Organ transplant is the reason you have to have brain death.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Byrne said this term crept into the medical profession following the world\u2019s first heart transplant in 1968. It has since been defined and redefined and is now being replaced by another term known as cardiac death, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>He said donated organs, without exception, must come from a living person. Within minutes of \u201ctrue death,\u201d which, he explained, is the cessation of circulation and respiration, the organs will begin to die. This is why, when organs are removed from a donor, the beating heart is always taken last. You cannot get any organs from cadavers, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re really dead, then no organs can be extracted. He also pointed out the differences between living and dead patients. One example is cooling the body. This slows metabolism in someone who is alive. It slows destruction in a corpse. He said a ventilator, which pushes air into the body, can only be used on someone who\u2019s living, as the person exhales the air. Also, if you cut the skin of someone who\u2019s living, but declared \u201cbrain dead,\u201d the wound will heal, something that won\u2019t happen in a dead person. Clearly, there\u2019s a difference, said Dr. Byrne.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bryne went on to describe the damage that can result when doctors perform an \u201capnea test,\u201d which often sets the stage for organ donation. This is when a ventilator is removed, prematurely, for 10 minutes, to see if a person can breathe on their own. This process, which he called \u201csuffocation,\u201d typically results in the person\u2019s conditioning worsening, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Recovery after being declared \u201cbrain dead\u201d is also possible according to Dr. Byrne&#8217;s personal experience and research.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovermagazine.com\/health\/the-beating-heart-donors\" rel=\"\">The Beating Heart Donors<\/a><\/h3>\n<div id=\"\u00a7the-beating-heart-donors\" class=\"header-anchor-widget offset-top\">\n<div class=\"header-anchor-widget-button-container\">\n<div class=\"header-anchor-widget-button\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>They urinate. They have heart attacks and bedsores. They have babies. They may even feel pain. Meet the organ donors who are \u201cpretty dead.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovermagazine.com\/author\/dick-teresi\" rel=\"\">Dick Teresi<\/a>\u00a0Feb 19, 2012<\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"image2-inset\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88aab344-247b-4d69-a079-e1ee20540962_660x433.jpeg 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88aab344-247b-4d69-a079-e1ee20540962_660x433.jpeg 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88aab344-247b-4d69-a079-e1ee20540962_660x433.jpeg 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88aab344-247b-4d69-a079-e1ee20540962_660x433.jpeg 1456w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal\" title=\"Heart Donor\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88aab344-247b-4d69-a079-e1ee20540962_660x433.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88aab344-247b-4d69-a079-e1ee20540962_660x433.jpeg 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88aab344-247b-4d69-a079-e1ee20540962_660x433.jpeg 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88aab344-247b-4d69-a079-e1ee20540962_660x433.jpeg 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88aab344-247b-4d69-a079-e1ee20540962_660x433.jpeg 1456w\" alt=\"Heart Donor\" width=\"660\" height=\"433\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/88aab344-247b-4d69-a079-e1ee20540962_660x433.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:433,&quot;width&quot;:660,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Heart Donor&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"image-link-expand\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 1968, thirteen men gathered at the Harvard Medical School to virtually undo 5,000 years of the study of death. In a three-month period, the Harvard committee (full name: the Ad Hoc Committee of the Harvard Medical School to Examine the Definition of Brain Death) hammered out a simple set of criteria that today allows doctors to declare a person dead in less time than it takes to get a decent eye exam. A good deal of medical language was used, but in the end the committee\u2019s criteria switched the debate from biology to philosophy. Before many years went by, it became accepted by most of the medical establishment that death wasn\u2019t defined by a heart that could not be restarted, or lungs that could not breathe. No, you were considered dead when you suffered a loss of personhood.<\/p>\n<p>But before we see what substituting philosophy for science actually means to real patients, let\u2019s look at the criteria the Harvard authors believed indicated that a patient had a \u201cpermanently nonfunctioning brain\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Unreceptivity and unresponsivity. \u201cEven the most intensely painful stimuli evoke no vocal or other response, not even a groan, withdrawal of a limb or quickening of respiration,\u201d by the committee\u2019s standard.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 No movements or spontaneous breathing (being aided by a respirator does not count). Doctors must watch patients for at least one hour to make sure they make no spontaneous muscular movements or spontaneous respiration. To test the latter, physicians are to turn off the respirator for three minutes to see if the patient attempts to breathe on his own (the apnea test).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 No reflexes. To look for reflexes, doctors are to shine a light in the eyes to make sure the pupils are dilated. Muscles are tested. Ice water is poured in the ears.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Flat\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electroencephalography\" rel=\"\">EEG<\/a>. Doctors should use electroencephalography, a test \u201cof great confirmatory value,\u201d to make sure that the patient has flat brain waves.<\/p>\n<p>The committee said all of the above tests had to be repeated at least 24 hours later with no change, but it added two caveats:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hypothermia\" rel=\"\">hypothermia<\/a>\u00a0and drug intoxication can mimic brain death. And since 1968, the list of mimicking conditions has grown longer.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Harvard criteria were based on zero patients and no experiments were conducted either with humans or animals, they soon became the standard for declaring people dead in several states, and in 1981, the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) was sanctioned by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Conference_of_Commissioners_on_Uniform_State_Laws\" rel=\"\">National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws<\/a>. The UDDA is based on the Harvard Ad Hoc Committee\u2019s report. That a four-page article defining death should be codified by all 50 states within 13 years is staggering.<\/p>\n<p>Just as some of our ancestors saw the heart as the locus of the soul, today the medical establishment assumes that the brain is what defines humanity and that a functioning brain is vital to what is called a human being\u2019s personhood. D. Alan Shewmon, a pediatric neurologist at UCLA who was originally pro\u2013brain-death, now dismisses the idea. The most scientific approach one can take to death, he says, is to treat human beings like any other species. People should be judged biologically on whether they are alive or dead, not on some vague notion of personhood. There is no abstract notion of \u201csquirrelness,\u201d for example, or \u201cgorillahood,\u201d by which we determine the death of other species.<\/p>\n<p>The question is: Why do we even need concepts like personhood and brain death? Despite heroic efforts to clarify and justify the Harvard criteria, they remain opaque, confusing, and contradictory. If, as proponents say, brain death criteria describe the same condition\u2014i.e., death\u2014as the cardiopulmonary criteria, why bother? Especially since the tools are available for declaring cardiopulmonary death, and are sorely lacking, or at least ignored, for determining whether the whole brain is really dead.<\/p>\n<p>Shewmon compiled 150 documented cases of brain-dead patients whose hearts continued to beat, and whose bodies did not disintegrate, past one week\u2019s time. In one remarkable case, the patient survived 20 years after brain death before succumbing to cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Brain-death advocates have always insisted that anyone who meets their criteria will fall apart quickly, and go quickly to meet the cardiopulmonary criteria. Yet Shewmon presents a litany of life processes that brain-dead patients continue to exhibit:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Cellular wastes continue to be eliminated, detoxified, and recycled.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Body temperature is maintained, though at a lower-than-normal temperature and with the help of blankets.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Wounds heal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Infections are fought by the body.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Infections produce fever.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Organs and tissues continue to function.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Brain-dead pregnant women can gestate a fetus.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Brain-dead children mature sexually and grow proportionately.<\/p>\n<p>So what drove the Harvard Ad Hoc Committee to turn back the calendar and construct a lower standard for death? To a growing number of scientific critics it appears that the committee was fixated on\u00a0<strong>freeing up human organs for transplant<\/strong>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovermagazine.com\/health\/the-beating-heart-donors\" rel=\"\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lionessofjudah.substack.com\/p\/very-disturbing-brain-death-is-a?utm\">https:\/\/lionessofjudah.substack.com\/p\/very-disturbing-brain-death-is-a?utm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every donor is killed in the process, he stated. 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