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Re:An account of a serious medical emergency on a transocean... by mschwaig on Sunday September 04, 2016 @05:58AM (#12423599)
Imagine you get to an emergency as a doctor and your patient has a blocked airway, so you perform an improvised tracheostomy, but because you're nervous you cut horizontally instead of vertically and kill the patient. I'm pretty sure as a doctor good intentions are not enough in cases like this.
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Re:An account of a serious medical emergency on a transocean... by grkvlt on Sunday September 04, 2016 @09:13AM (#12424154)
Of course they are. If you are in that situation, then the patient would die (asphyxiate, probably, since they cannot breathe) without help. The doctor _tried_ to help, in non-optimal circumstances, so as long as the mistake was not intentional or due to negligence, the I believe the law will protect you in most countries.
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Re:An account of a serious medical emergency on a transocean... by sokoloff on Monday September 05, 2016 @08:11AM (#12429716)
Remember also that it's not enough to win, you also have to win quickly and cheaply. If that protection isn't reasonably assured, that will tend to bias people towards non-action.
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