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Emergency Medical ServicesEmergency Care Practitioner (ECP)
Consent
Ethics
Pre-hospital Care
Decision Making
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Journal of Paramedic Practice
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This case study involves the critical analysis and reflection of the ethics involved when an emergency care practitioner closed a 16-year-old patient's self-inflicted wounds at scene, rather than transporting to A&E. The article aims to show the challenges faced by ambulance personnel in the pre-hospital setting when faced with issues surrounding patient autonomy, consent and capacity and how these should be considered on a ‘case by case’ basis. Abstract published with permission.ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.12968/jpar.2009.1.8.42402
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