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.
Definition: The beneficiary is the term in a life insurance or annuity insurance contract that identifies who will receive the benefit in the event of the insured death. A policy may have more than one beneficiary. The beneficiary can be revocable or irrevocable. The primary beneficiary is the person who first would receive the benefits of an insurance policy. If the primary beneficiary is deceased then the contingent beneficiary would receive the proceeds of the insurance policy. A contingent beneficiary is also sometimes called a secondary beneficiary. It is important to understand the role of the beneficiary in the insurance contract to ensure that regardless of circumstance the right person will receive the benefit. Beneficiary can also refer to someone who receives benefits from a health insurance policy such as payments for a health care service. How to Choose Your Beneficiary. Choosing a beneficiary on a life insurance policy can be as challenging as figuring out what kind of life insurance to buy.