Ok, I've been wondering under what circumstances it might be, if ever, permissible to "break the rules".
The sort of scenario I keep thinking of would happen in a place where rapid transport and transfer to higher levels of care is not an immediate option.
Say, a transatlantic flight where someone eats the wrong thing and goes into anaphylactic shock. The only epi available is another passenger's prescription. It is not expired. I would have to think you would give it, right?
That's just the sort of example I've been wondering about. Is it even a good example?
Can anyone think of any other uncommon situations where protocol has to broken in the patient's best interest.
The sort of scenario I keep thinking of would happen in a place where rapid transport and transfer to higher levels of care is not an immediate option.
Say, a transatlantic flight where someone eats the wrong thing and goes into anaphylactic shock. The only epi available is another passenger's prescription. It is not expired. I would have to think you would give it, right?
That's just the sort of example I've been wondering about. Is it even a good example?
Can anyone think of any other uncommon situations where protocol has to broken in the patient's best interest.