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Significant trauma to the face should increase the EMT’s index of suspicion for a(n):

An 18 year old Jehovah Witness, Bob, presents in the Emergency Department with bleeding after a car accident. When Bob arrives at the hospital, he is alert and oriented. He tells the medical resident that he is a Jehovah Witness and that he does not want a blood transfusion, even if it means he will die. Several minutes later, Bob losses consciousness due to loss of blood. Bob does not have anyone present that can make decisions for him. It becomes imperative that Bob must receive a blood transfusion in order to survive.  According to what we have learned in class, what is the ethically accepted way to handle this situation?

The act of a health care provider abstaining from engaging in medical treatment due to a personal moral or religious objection to the treatment is know as which of the following:

In the module on capacity, you learned that there are four factors that are evaluated when determining if a patient has capacity: understanding, expressing a choice, appreciation, and reasoning. A 89 year old patient in the ICU needs a life saving surgery. Without the surgery, the patient will die; however, with the surgery, the patient will likely live a long healthy life. The surgery has very few risks and is extremely beneficial as it will save the patient’s life while not effecting the patient’s quality of life. You are an ethics consultant who has been called in because the ICU attending is concerned that the patient is in effect “committing suicide” by not accepting the surgery.  While talking to the patient, the patient says the following to you “I do not want to go through a surgery at my age. I am an extremely devote Christian and my faith is everything to me. I know that I will probably die without this surgery, but at this point, I am putting my life in the hands of God. If it is God’s will that I die, then that means it is my time to go. However, if God believes that there is more work for me to do on this earth, then he will perform a miracle, and I will continue to live. I have always allowed God to guide my life path, why should this situation be any different?”  You have to give a recommendation to the ICU attending about whether the patient has the legal and ethical right to refuse the surgery, even though it means the patient will likely die. Which of the following is the most appropriate recommendation: 

Informed consent DOES NOT involve providing patients with which of the following elements: 

“Capacity” is a determination which refers to the patient’s ability to understand, appreciate, and manipulate information and form rational decisions. A patient’s capacity is determined by whom? 

When determining it a patient has capacity, the ability to compare information and infer consequences of choices is known as which of the following:

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A ____________________ is a suggested explanation based on the observations.