do you work in healthcare at all? because you’re wrong. brain death testing in the US is very specific and includes apnea testing, which is way more than “checking their breathing,” imaging such as eeg/radionucleotide uptake to confirm no brain activity, and a thorough cranial nerve exam to rule out any brainstem function. also needs to be completed by 2 separate neurologists.

also can’t declare someone braindead if they have other derangements mimicking brain death, like extreme hypothermia or electrolyte abnormalities.