sunken ship part 2
Suffering Ship Part 2: Sick as Dogs, Trapped like Rats
PHL/251
March 17, 2014
Professor Robert King
Suffering Ship Part 2: Sick as Dogs, Trapped like Rats
So we still have 412 passenger and crew, including 50 kids. The Bird Flu has hit the Shakelton’s ship along with its failing engine. It is going to take 10 man hours to fix, and 8 days to get to a decent port for more help and medications. Just outside of helicopter range, aircraft drop is just at least a day away, it is going to drop down experimental medications for the ships medic to administer what he can, there is not enough medication for all that is sick.
Doc needs to put a message together to explain to patients what is going on and how this has to be treated. There are ethical obligations, ethical dilemma, and constraints, along with limits to help you decide his course of action. Rights and responsibilities, duties, and obligations are on the docs mind. In this situation he has to decide what his rights and responsibilities are, and what rules should he follow. All patients need to be treated with respect, and you need to be able to handle the consequences and can you tolerate it all.
He has to make sure that the process for treating all passengers is fair, and how to process the treating of patients’ needs first. The principles of triage instruct me to administer medicine first to those for whom treatments is likely to make the difference between life and death. I shouldn’t waste too much time with those who are beyond help. Following the rules without fail can come at the expense of compassion. In a situation where every minute counts and lives are at state, your rights and responsibilities is more than willing to let compassion slide.
Now with the captain wanting 5 sick crew members to be treated first so the ship can move quickly; otherwise it will be an extra day. The doctor must treat patients based on need, not on how much they can pay. If he gives a dose
PHL/251
March 17, 2014
Professor Robert King
Suffering Ship Part 2: Sick as Dogs, Trapped like Rats
So we still have 412 passenger and crew, including 50 kids. The Bird Flu has hit the Shakelton’s ship along with its failing engine. It is going to take 10 man hours to fix, and 8 days to get to a decent port for more help and medications. Just outside of helicopter range, aircraft drop is just at least a day away, it is going to drop down experimental medications for the ships medic to administer what he can, there is not enough medication for all that is sick.
Doc needs to put a message together to explain to patients what is going on and how this has to be treated. There are ethical obligations, ethical dilemma, and constraints, along with limits to help you decide his course of action. Rights and responsibilities, duties, and obligations are on the docs mind. In this situation he has to decide what his rights and responsibilities are, and what rules should he follow. All patients need to be treated with respect, and you need to be able to handle the consequences and can you tolerate it all.
He has to make sure that the process for treating all passengers is fair, and how to process the treating of patients’ needs first. The principles of triage instruct me to administer medicine first to those for whom treatments is likely to make the difference between life and death. I shouldn’t waste too much time with those who are beyond help. Following the rules without fail can come at the expense of compassion. In a situation where every minute counts and lives are at state, your rights and responsibilities is more than willing to let compassion slide.
Now with the captain wanting 5 sick crew members to be treated first so the ship can move quickly; otherwise it will be an extra day. The doctor must treat patients based on need, not on how much they can pay. If he gives a dose