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| + | There are an increasing number of people living with serious allergies, medical conditions and specific treatment wishes without the means of communicating this with First Responders and Paramedics in an emergency situation. There have been many situations where poor outcomes such as avoidable injury or death have resulted from medical treatments administered by medical professionals in emergency situations due to a lack of patient medical history.<br> | ||
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| + | The purpose of patient care/healthcare is for medical professionals to use their knowledge and experience as well as all available medical information and advanced directives to make a prompt and competent diagnosis leading to appropriate and correct treatment during a medical emergency. Currently it is in the patient's best interest to ensure they can communicate relevant medical information in case of an emergency. It is also the medical professional's obligation to respond in the correct manner to any medical information and reasonable wishes [https://emergencylaw.wordpress.com/2015/ 07/19/ignoring-a-medic-alert-bracelet/]. | ||
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Revision as of 12:35, 21 May 2016
Contents
TEAM
Group Members
- Samuel Zevenbergen.
- Mingjie Qiu.
Supervisor
Client (Canadian)
BACKGROUND
There are an increasing number of people living with serious allergies, medical conditions and specific treatment wishes without the means of communicating this with First Responders and Paramedics in an emergency situation. There have been many situations where poor outcomes such as avoidable injury or death have resulted from medical treatments administered by medical professionals in emergency situations due to a lack of patient medical history.
The purpose of patient care/healthcare is for medical professionals to use their knowledge and experience as well as all available medical information and advanced directives to make a prompt and competent diagnosis leading to appropriate and correct treatment during a medical emergency. Currently it is in the patient's best interest to ensure they can communicate relevant medical information in case of an emergency. It is also the medical professional's obligation to respond in the correct manner to any medical information and reasonable wishes 07/19/ignoring-a-medic-alert-bracelet/.
