A child is brought into the ED after a trauma - mcccq

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A child is brought into the ED after a trauma.
The patient is 10 years old and is bleeding pro-
fusely. His parents arrive soon afterward and
state that they are Jehovah™s Witnesses and do
not consent to giving blood to their child, even
though to not do so threatens the life of their
child. The child, awake and receiving pain
medications, agrees with his parents, request-ing that he receive no blood. What is the next
step in treatment?
(A) Attempt to save the child, but honor the
child™s wishes and give no blood
(B) Attempt to save the child, but honor the
parent™s wishes and give no blood
© Get a court order, then give the child
blood
(D) Give the child blood immediately, as
needed
(E) Refuse to treat the child with those restric-
tions placed

[ArchivalUser]

D .

[ArchivalUser]

B.

[ArchivalUser]

D..

[ArchivalUser]

Is D correct?
mccq you post great questions!
thank you!

[ArchivalUser]

yes ddddddddddddddd is the correct anaswer
The correct answer is D. Treatment can be
initiated on the basis of legal precedent. This
patient is 10 years old, and is not emancipated.
Legally, he does not have the ability to refusetreatment. His parents cannot refuse treatment
for him if that refusal will pose a serious health
risk.

[ArchivalUser]

Because the child is awake and stable...
If it is not endangering his life immediately, Physician is supposed to go to court and get the order..
So if u apply that...
Cant the answer C?

[ArchivalUser]

bleeding pro-
fusely
means it can get into a life threatning situation in cases like this you have to go a head and do whats suppose to be done to prevent that from happening

if it was something chronic and not life threatning then yes you go to court

and the pt was an adult and told you about his/her wishes u just respect it regardless