This document provides instructions for a homework assignment requiring students to study course materials on vital organs and different states of unconsciousness. Students are asked to name non-vital organs, describe vital organs and whether one can live without them, and analyze practices that assist or substitute vital organs. The homework should also include summarizing a reading on unconscious states and comparing clinical definitions, and analyzing the benefits versus burdens from a bioethical perspective. Submissions are expected to be clear, concise, and follow proper grammar, punctuation, and APA style citations.

1. 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.

2. Unconscious state: Definition.
Clinical definitions of different states of unconsciousness:
Compare and contrast
Benefit vs Burden: bioethical analysis.
Submission Instructions:
The homework is to be clear and concise and students will lose
points for improper grammar, punctuation, and misspelling.
If references are used, please cite properly according to the
current APA style.