follow all directions do both case studies and the book to be used is listed below both case studies response should be one page in length each Course Textbook Judson, K., & Harrison, C. (2013). Law & ethics for the health professions (6th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill. Unit VII Case Study 1 Read Ethics Issue 1 in your textbook on page 382. As you read the issue, consider the concepts and topics taught throughout this chapter on “Death and Dying.” Examine the issues presented by the Case Study and craft a response to the questions below. Assume you are an emergency medical technician (EMT) responding to a 911 call at a grocery store. An elderly shopper has collapsed, and she is unconscious on the floor when you arrive. Her vital signs are weak. The woman is placed in the ambulance, where she arrests. You notice that the woman is wearing a bracelet that says “DNR,” and a quick check of her purse reveals a signed and witnessed DNR order. What do you do? HTH 1301, Medical Law and Ethics 4 EMTs reach the hospital with a patient who then arrests. The patient has been hospitalized before, and a DNR order is in place. The patient is middle-aged, and when his family arrives, his wife says, “I don’t care what he says. Do everything to keep him alive.” As a health care practitioner on the team assigned to care for this patient, what will you do? Respond to these questions in a word document. Your responses should be at least one page, double-spaced, with Times New Roman 12 pt. font. Use APA style writing when crafting your response. Unit VII Case Study 2 Read Ethics Issue 3 in your textbook on page 383. As you read the issue, consider the concepts and topics taught throughout this chapter on “Death and Dying.” Examine the issues presented by the Case Study and craft a response to the questions below. A young mother who was severely injured in a car accident is brought into the hospital trauma center where you work. She belongs to the Jehovah’s Witnesses church, and emphatically states that she refuses to have a blood transfusion. You know she risks death without a transfusion, but she believes her decision is a matter of her salvation. As a member of the patient’s health care team, what will you do? The patient in the car accident scenario is an elderly Jehovah’s Witness and has no family. What will you do? The female patient in the car accident scenario is unconscious, but her husband makes her wishes known regarding blood transfusions. Can you accept the husband’s decision on the patient’s behalf? Explain your answer. Respond to these questions in a word document. Your responses should be at least one page, double-spaced, with Times New Roman 12 pt. font. Use APA style writing when crafting your response.
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