They can be or they may not be. Someone who is intubated and placed on ventilation could be awake, kept sedated or be in a coma. It depends on what is going on with the patient, why they are being ventilated etc.
They are not awake.
They are not awake.
Life support means keeping one alive when their body is unable to do this on it's own. The decisions as to when to take someone off life support is taken by doctors.
Not very long on life support - a few months
They're awake.
It is obviously cheaper to execute a prisoner than to support someone for life in prison; but that isn't how we make decisions that involve life and death in this country.
An agrypnotic is a medication which prevents someone from sleeping, or causes someone to remain awake.
It varies.
You can give them a heart attack
if they are talking to you while doing an action
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if they are awake. If they are sleeping, it is most likely they are dreaming