Other, equally effective positions have been suggested for examinations of conscious patients.

Intubation may be required, even of a conscious patient, if the situation deteriorates.

Therefore, administration of the drug to a conscious patient is contraindicated.

Face masks are also used for non-invasive ventilation in conscious patients.

Can conscious patients stop treatment, even when this will directly lead to their deaths?

Half an hour later, Sappha was making up the bed while the doctor mounted guard over his now conscious patient and the baby.

And when the researchers ran the same study on another minimally conscious patient, they got even better results.

The team has since replicated the results in other minimally conscious patients.

In this case the assistance of a conscious and cooperating patient would be of great help indeed.

And if ever we needed a conscious and cooperative patient, now is the time.