life support systems
Critical care equipment
Life support systems are the equipment and technology that keep a person alive when their body cannot function independently—ventilators for breathing, dialysis machines for kidney function, feeding tubes for nutrition.
In spacecraft and submarines, life support systems maintain breathable air, temperature, and pressure.
Figuratively, anything essential to survival: The arts are the life support system of civilization.
- biospheresPlanet's life-containing zones
- ventilatorsMechanical breathing assistants
- iron lungBody-encasing mechanical respirator
- air filtrationRemoving impurities from atmosphere
- radiation shieldingProtective barrier against emissions
Mir · artificial organs · Skylab · water purification · humidity control · fail-safe mechanisms · space habitats · sensor arrays · dialysis machines · energy supply · oxygen · breathing apparatus · spacecraft · submarines · modular components · ICU · critical condition · tubes
- marine technologysubmarines, submersibles, ROVs, underwater drones, diving equipment
- critical systemsavionics, flight control, pacemakers, nuclear reactors, air traffic control
- spacecraftspacecraft, starships, spaceship, Voyager 1, rocket ships
- Space Trainingastronaut training, crew training, Space Camp, flight training, navigation training
life support systemswithdrawal of care
Ceasing medical treatment intentionally
pulling the plug · euthanasia · do not resuscitate · assisted suicide · lethal injection
life support systemsnatural death
Death from internal causes
life support systemsdefinitive treatment
Intervention resolving underlying disease
targeted therapy · corrective surgery · rehabilitation · antibiotic therapy · chemotherapy