Brain death involves a heartbeat, but the brainstem cells no longer respond to any stimuli and cannot be awakened. Individuals who suffer brain death typically do not survive for long because complications soon arise, leading to heart failure and eventual true death.
However, brain death means there is absolutely no consciousness!
"If there's a heartbeat, then she's not dead, and no one can say she is!" Yusuf Zuck broke free from the approaching doctor and harshly wiped the corner of his mouth.
Even if Ember Vance had been taken away by the King of Hell, he would pull her back!
"That's right, if there's a heartbeat, she's not dead. My daughter is not dead!" A middle-aged man emerged from the sickroom, wearing glasses and a mandarin collar suit.
He was Ember Vance's father, Kennedy Vance, a university professor, a scholar!