One example of a successful hackathon âhackâ is the messaging app, GroupMe, which Skype ended up acquiring for more than $50 million, according to Kathryn Moore, outreach specialist with the tech company Toptal.
Other forms of life support are ventilators and C-pap which breathe FOR a person. Some people are put on ventilators for various reasons and they are NOT considered life support. If a person is put on a ventilator to offer them a chance to get over a nasty pneumonia, this is not considered life support. It becomes life support when they cannot wean a person off a ventilator so they can breathe on their own.
Dec 29, 2012 Â·. There is no precise limit. Some patients may survive for a long time. By and large the cause of death is infrequently respiratory failure , but MODS (multiple organ failure ) is the culprit. if no success in weaning from the ventilator, a tracheostomy should be performed relatively soon . Patients may remain ventilated for years (home ventilation) as long as no other complications arise