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Q05. For question Q04, determine the number of cycles to failure. (20 pts)

Q03. Determine the actual endurance limit at the shoulder in from bearing A. (10 pts)

Q02. Determine the fatigue stress concentration factors and at the shoulder in from bearing A. (20 pts)

Which of the following court cases involving treatment decisions for vegetative state patients occurred in New Jersey and  is credited with being the first case in the United States to grant patients autonomous decision making regarding their medical decisions?

When can a vegetative state be considered permanent? 

Which of the following statements is not correct about Neurological Death (“Brain Death”)?

A homeless patient is unconscious after a drug overdose. He does not have any family that can be identified. A man in the patient’s room identifies himself as the patient’s best friend, but says they are the only family each other has and says they call each other brothers. It is clear that the patient and his friend have a very close and caring relationship. The patient’s friends claims that he and the patient have “spoken about what the patient would want done if he overdosed on drugs again.” It is legally and ethical to allow the patient’s friend to make the patient’s medical decisions? 

In the event of a dispute between family members about an incapacitated patient’s plan of care, which of the following family members has the final decision making authority under Indiana law? The patient has not completed a health care power of attorney or health care representative form and all of these persons are present at the bedside. 

An incapacitated patient has a health care power of attorney form appointing their best friend as their medical decision maker. The patient’s spouse wants to make decisions; however, the best friend claims she has final say.  Does the patient’s health care power of attorney form appointing their best friend as surrogate medical decision maker trump the spouse? 

An adult patient is incapacitated and unable to make his/her own medical decisions. The patient has not completed a health care power of attorney or health care representative form. Which of the following people are eligible to make medical decisions for the patient under current Indiana law?