Jensen Ross Ackles, better known as simply Jensen Ackles, was born on March 1, 1978, in Dallas, Texas, to Donna Joan (Shaffer) and actor Alan Ackles.
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by the development of sudden breathlessness within hours to days of an inciting event. Inciting events include: 1  trauma, 2  sepsis (microorganisms growing in a person's blood), 3  drug overdose,  massive transfusion of blood products,
Ventricular assist devices, or VADs, are used to treat heart failure. Also known as heart pumps, VADs are mechanical pumping devices designed to help the heart pump more blood. They work by taking blood from the heart and pumping it to the rest of the body, thus taking the burden off the heart.