20250112 - Critical life support systems
Critical life support systems... We have many needs in life. But not all of them are critical for life itself. Just an extension of "Maslow's hierarchy of needs"... Ex., we need a number of things in life today - shelter, clothing, sense of security, etc., etc. you can even throw in electricity, internet, wifi, mobile nowadays. Most of us will die without it. They are all needs, but not critical needs in my opinion. As per my opinion, there are only three things that are critical to life. i.e., life won't survive without these things: 1. Oxygen/ air/ breathing 2. Water/ fluids/ drink 3. Food/ Nutrition/ eating or consuming 1. Air - we breathe. It only takes a couple of minutes for humans without it to die. If we can't breathe, usually we are plugged in to some sort of ventilator machine. It's an external critical life support system. If one cannot breathe at all and has to be on a ventilator forever, how long is reasonable to keep them plugged in (assum...