Question

Please select one of the two Case Studies presented below and provide a minimum 4-page paper (not including title and reference page) answering the eleven questions listed. This assignment must be in APA 6th ed. format. A minimum of two academic and/or professional references is required. If you are unfamiliar with how to properly format an APA paper (title page, introduction, conclusion, margins, etc.) please sched ppointment with a Writing Coach prior to submitting your paper. The questions are as followed (100 pts) an What are the facts of the case? Are all the elements required in a negligence suit present? 1. What standard of care is required? Who would you consider to be the potential plaintiff and defendant? 3. 5. How would you argue for the plaintiff? What evidence would you present? 7. How would you defend the defendant? 8. What are your defense options? 9. If you were on the jury, what would your finding be, based on only the facts as presented? 10. If you find the defendant responsible, what damages would you award, and for what reasons? 11. What are your options if you, as plaintiff or defendant, are unhappy with the jury's decision? Case Study One A patient died after her third cerebral hemorrhage. When the patient was admitted to the hospital following a cerebral hemorrhage, her physician determined that she should be given a specific drug to reduce her blood pressure and make her condition operable, and he directed its administration. For an unexplained reason, the drug was not administered. The patient's blood pressure rose, and after another hemorrhage the patient died Case Study Two: Following an automobile accident, a 16-year-old boy who had recently escaped from a detention center was brought to the hospital emergency department by ambulance. The patient seemed to be alert and claimed to be suffering withdrawal symptoms from a drug habit. The patient claimed that he participated in a methadone treatment program. The physician administered 40 milligrams of methadone. The patient needed blood but refused it. After being observed in the emergency department for several hours, the patient was placed on a medical-surgical unit for observation. The following morning it was not possible to awaken him, and he was pronounced dead. It was discovered that he had never been an addict or in a methadone treatment program. Rather, the previous night he had been drinking beer and taking librium. He had not told this to hospital authorities. His estate sued the physician. Consider the possible outcomes if death was the result of (1) overdose, (2) failure to administer blood, or (3) subdural hematoma. Consider the possible outcomes if the patient was not a minor.

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Answer 1

1. The boy didnt reveal his treatment history to the doctor properly. From the given data it is ckear that the boy was drunken and took librium.Eventhough the boy was showing withdrwal symptoms, he was not an addict of any drug or in any treatment program. The physician adminstered him medicine believing his words without any prior check ups. The boy also had severe blood loss following the accident. The boy didnt get the right treatment at right time which caused the loss of life.

2. Yes. Because the doctor administered the medicine by just believing what the boy said with out any testing. So the boy received the wrong treatment method initially and this has lead to more complications and death. This can can be considered as a case where all the elements required in a negligence suit are present.

5. The plaintiff was given wrong medication which lead to more complications. The doctor should have evaluated the patient thoroughly before administrating any drug medications. Initial care less act from the doctor caused loss of life.

6. Hospital bills and pharmacy bills can be produced as an evidence of wrong prescription. The previous medical records of the patient can also be presented as an evidence to prove the boy was not under treatment for any problems