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 of 'Contingent Beneficiary'. 1. A beneficiary specified by an insurance contract holder who will receive the benefits if the primary beneficiary has died at the time the benefit is to be paid.f both the primary and contingent beneficiaries are unavailable, what happens to ... One of the most common mistakes in estate planning is not keeping beneficiary designations up to date on life insurance policies ...