Question

You have a 4-bed intensive care unit and 7 patients who need a bed.  The following are the 7 patients.  You cannot select on the basis of first come, first served, as they showed up at your door at exactly the same time.:

1. Mr. Jones, a 75-year-old patient with chronic emphysema.  He is retired and a DNR order.

2. Mr. Smith, a 27-year-old hemophiliac with AIDS contracted from a transfusion of contaminated blood.

3.  Mr. Jackson, a 65-year-old Army general with congestive heart failure.

4. Mrs. Ronald, a 52-year-old housewife who is an alcoholic with acute liver disease.

5. Ms. Charles, a 23-year-old college student in a persistent coma following and alcohol/drug overdose at a party.

6. Donald Child, a 12-year-old with head trauma and in a persistent vegetative state, following a beating by his stepfather.

7. Joey Scott, a teenager with severe Down's syndrome with a mental age of 5 years. He is suffering from aspiration pneumonia.

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