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I have a writing assignment for bioethics that’s due February 24. I was given a case study. I have attached the assignment
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Running head: TWO CARDIAC ARRESTS, ONE MEDICAL TEAM
Two Cardiac Arrests, One Medical Team
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Running head: TWO CARDIAC ARRESTS, ONE MEDICAL TEAM
Cardiac arrest is a life-threatening medical emergency. Patients suffering from this
condition should be given close and immediate attention by an emergency service or
specialists at a hospital. Donald Mattison and George Burnham, cardiac arrest victims, are
admitted to the same hospital. The hospital has trained medical teams who handle cardiac
patients.
Every 24-hours a day, there is a medical team on duty to handle the cardiac arrest
patients with the specialized equipment being able to work on one patient at a time. The
hospital, from its analysis, deemed the possibility of there being simultaneous cardiac arrest
and if it similar attacks were to happen, the probability to transfer another crash cart from
another patient area would be low because of the slow elevator that served the rehabilitation
ward.
George is a thirty-three-years-old and a developmentally disabled man. Having stayed
at the rehabilitation institution since the age of three, George learned some basic life
principles like how to eat and clean up. At 25 years, George had some paralysis after
suffering a cardiac arrest. He later became semi-paralyzed and incontinent after a second
cardiac arrest. Unfortunately, the specialists had expressed little, or no hopes for George’s
recovery.
Donald Mattison, a slightly paralyzed acquired this state after suffering a minor
stroke. Donald was married, with four children, a businessman and actively engaged in
matters concerning the church and his ...