How do medically induced comas work?

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How do medically induced comas work?

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Answer 1

Medically induced coma does a few things:

* reduces brain activity which contributes to swelling (the primary threat) and inhibits healing.

* prevents the patient’s damaged brain from causing potential self-harmful instinctive behaviours such as flailing limbs or removing IV’s or breathing tubes.

* reduces patient suffering

Induced coma is akin to — but differs somewhat from — indefinite anesthesia.