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CASE STUDIES se your critical thinking skills to answer the questions that follow each case study year-old male swallows 30 antidepressants and tells his wife, "I want to die." She takes him to the local hospital's emergency partment where he is treated and released that same evening. In the hospital parking lot he pushes a security guard and is arrested and taken into custody. In the county jail a nurse places the man on suicide watch. The following evening, while still in custody, a psychologist speaks to the man for five minutes, then releases him from suicide watch. The man is returned to his cell, and two hours later he hangs himself Does the emergency department hav ty for discharging a suicidal pationt without further treatment? 2. Doe es the psychologist have liabjity for releasing the patient from suicide watch after à tive-minute consult? tareat 3. The psychologist is an "independent contractor" of the jai. ls the county liable for his actions? A woman gave birth in the back seat of a taxicab while en route to the hospital. To what standard of care individuals be held? would each of the following 4. The taxicab driver who comforted the mother. 5. A registered nurse, also a passenger in the cab, who assisted the mother. A physician in general practice who was a passenger in the cab with the expectant mother and assisted the birth taking place the cab. . A police officer who stopped the cab for speeding, observed the situation, and assisted the birth. A woman trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) worked as the office manager for an insurance business. When orker at the next desk had a heart attack and fell to the floor, the office manager began CPR and shouted for others in the ing and told the office manager to stop CPR. She reluctantly obeyed. Emerg

Answer 1

In the present scenario, a 33-year-old male swallows 30 antidepressants and tells his wife, "I want to die." She takes him to the local hospital's emergency department where he is treated and released that same evening. In the hospital parking lot, he pushes a security guard and is arrested and taken into custody. In the jail, a nurse places the man on suicide watch. The following evening, while still in custody, a psychologist speaks to the man for five minutes, then releases him from suicide watch. The man is returned to his cell, and two hours later he hangs himself.

1. Does the emergency department have liability for discharging a suicidal patient without further treatment?

I think that every emergency department who gets a suicidal patient should be held on a 24-hour psychological evaluation to make sure they don't harm their self or someone else from not getting proper treatment for whatever is causing the problem. Thus we can say surely that the emergency department has the liability for discharging a suicidal patient without further treatment but in the case instead of complete discharge, the patient is transferred to another department for his misbehavior there also the man is on the suicide watch.

2. Does the psychologist have liability for releasing the patient from suicide watch after a five-minute consult?

Yes. I believe that if the jail knew that he had already tried to commit suicide that the trained psychologist should have considered it all and knew from his training that he was a risk to himself and should be kept on suicide watch until further evaluation.

3. The psychologist is an "independent contractor" of the jail. Is the county liable for his actions?

We said yes. The jail is the one who chooses the psychologist to come in and evaluate the inmates and they should have made sure that he could do his job to the best ability to avoid problems with suicidal inmates who need proper care from the psychologist and not someone who is just going to release them after 5 minutes of talking.

4. A woman gave birth in the back seat of a taxicab while en route to the hospital. To what standard of care would each of the following individuals be held?
The taxicab driver who comforted the mother, and help her to be aware of the situation and give enough sitting arrangement to her and immediately informed the emergency number for arrangement adequate care to the baby and mother

5. A registered nurse, also a passenger in the cab, who assisted the mother, by giving positive effort to make the comfort of her and check for the status of bleeding and check for her vitals and mummify the baby as soon as possible.

6. A physician in general practice who was a passenger in the cab with the expectant mother and assisted the birth taking place in the cab he has to oversee for the present condition of her and if needed to start some intravenous fluid start it and check for her physical and psychological status and check the physical status of the baby.

7. A police officer who stopped the cab for speeding observed the situation and assisted the birth and make arrangements for a comfort room for her and as soon as contact the emergency number for getting adequate treatment for her and if stable make arrangement to shift to the nearest hospital as possible