Total of the 1122 respondents who completed the survey, 1023 (91%) reported their awareness of the disorder, 514 (46%) witnessed an epileptic seizure during their lifetime and 715 (64%) stated their unawareness of handling a patients with an epileptic seizure.
Or should I say, unawareness versus potential.
The opposite state, that is, unconsciousness, is defined as: 'a state of unawareness (loss of consciousness) in which there is temporary or permanent disruption to brain function.
Stealth is used to "deny the enemy any knowledge of impending action". It keeps rivals in a state of unawareness until sudden, unexpected action is taken.
Yoga philosophy professes that the problems in our lives stem from our being in a state of unawareness, or ignorance (avidya) of our true spiritual nature.
14 In their position statement on glycemic control and cardiovascular events on behalf of the American Diabetes Association, Skyler et al stated that issues associated with hypoglycemia unawareness could be particularly problematic for patients with coexisting autonomic neuropathy, which is a significant risk factor for sudden death.
Unawareness of the quality assurance (QA) methods in place or those that could be adopted was also striking from the fact that 36%% of the users stated that they did not know how QA was performed.
As stated in the recent European Society of Cardiology Position paper on use of medical radiation in cardiovascular imaging, a smart physician 'cannot be afraid of the essential and often life-saving use of medical radiation, but must be very afraid of radiation unawareness' [2].
Equally, imagine my delight once the work (which has to be executed in a state of blithe unawareness akin to total blindness) was done, to find the play inhabited not only by a clever, sad old man and a bright, ethereal young woman, but also by their counterparts, living more prosaic lives, disarmingly close to a life I might have lived.
That a clue is placed on an iPad labeled as "Trance" perhaps indicates that our current foggy state of self-unawareness comes from a trance induced reliance on technology.
In addition, our epidemiological estimates of unawareness of diabetes states were based on a single measurement of CG, which may have led to overestimation and should be interpreted with caution.
