A patient controlled analgesia (PCA) is a generic term which refers to a method allowing a. person in pain to deliver their own pain relief. The PCA is used for the more continuous. control of moderate to severe pain, where oral or intermittent analgesia would be less. effective. The intravenous route is referred to as PCIA in this document, as opposed to the. epidural route, referred to as patient controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA).
Life insurance pays a death benefit to the stated beneficiary at the death of the insured. When the insured dies, the beneficiary of the policy files an insurance claim.ife Income. 1  Example: $100,000 death benefit-beneficiary (a 54-year-old male) elects the life income option. 2  Based on his life expectancy, the insurance company promises to pay the beneficiary $6,250 per year for life.
Protect your loved ones with a will. Beneficiary Defined. A beneficiary is a person or entity designated to receive assets upon another person's death. Specific beneficiaries are named in a last will and testament or in a life insurance policy; they typically include a personâs spouse, children or other relatives. Some people designate charities, trusts or other legal entities as beneficiaries instead of family members, either by choice or because none exist.