Ethical Scenarios In Emergency Care

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Across the nation many service providers have instituted protocols that address calls of this nature specifically in an effort to assist how field crews deal with these scenarios. Some services in the industry of the emergency medical services have simply decided for their employees that in scenarios of this nature it is ethical to withhold treatments or services. These decision are being based on what is the greatest good for the services resources and the community. This however does not allow for the human aspect of the situation such as the one present in the scenario itself.
This type of scenario is an all too common occurrence in the field of emergency service. I feel the supervisor’s request is both inappropriate and unethical if it

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