the life support machine

However, the doctor told me that nothing else can be done, as they had already set the medicine and the life support machine to the maximum.

但是医生告诉我，没有他们能够再做的了，因为他们已经给了药，且生命维持器也已经开到最大。

And if a loved one had been in an accident, was in a coma and you were asked whether the life support machine should be switched off, what would you do?

如果您挚爱的亲人遭遇车祸，处于昏迷状态，医生问您是不是可以撤掉生命维持机的时候，您会怎么做呢？

She lived on a life support machine for 20 days before the decision was made to turn it off.

在做出这个终止决定之前，她依靠一种生命支持机器维持了20天。