Jessica, a registered nurse (RN), and her husband watch in horror as a large truck, crashes into a van carrying a mother and her child. Jessica runs to offer aid and she finds a semiconscious woman in the driver's seat and an unconscious 4 year old boy in the back seat strapped in his car seat. The mother asks Jessica if Christopher is all right before she slips into unconsciousness. Christopher has a bleeding gash on his head and is unconscious and not breathing, with his head down and chin touching his chest. Jessica knows that she has to get Christopher's breathing started. Even though a truck driver that has stopped is yelling at her not to move the boy, with her index finger she gently lifts his head an inch off his chest. Christopher, still unconscious, starts breathing immediately. Emergency help arrives 10 minutes later. Did Jessica do the right thing by moving Christopher’s chin up so he could breathe? Was Jessica covered by the Good Samaritan Act; was she held to a higher standard because she had a nursing license? Would Jessica have been covered by the Good Samaritan Act if Christopher had not started breathing when she moved his head and he had suffered further injury from the movement? Was Jessica, an RN, legally required to stop and provide aid or was she ethically obligated to provide aid?
Jessica, a registered nurse (RN), and her husband watch in horror as a large truck, crashes into a van carrying a mother and her child. Jessica runs to offer aid and she finds a semiconscious woman in the driver's seat and an unconscious 4 year old boy in the back seat strapped in his car seat. The mother asks Jessica if Christopher is all right before she slips into unconsciousness. Christopher has a bleeding gash on his head and is unconscious and not breathing, with his head down and chin touching his chest. Jessica knows that she has to get Christopher's breathing started. Even though a truck driver that has stopped is yelling at her not to move the boy, with her index finger she gently lifts his head an inch off his chest. Christopher, still unconscious, starts breathing immediately. Emergency help arrives 10 minutes later. Did Jessica do the right thing by moving Christopher’s chin up so he could breathe? Was Jessica covered by the Good Samaritan Act; was she held to a higher standard because she had a nursing license? Would Jessica have been covered by the Good Samaritan Act if Christopher had not started breathing when she moved his head and he had suffered further injury from the movement? Was Jessica, an RN, legally required to stop and provide aid or was she ethically obligated to provide aid?
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Jessica, a registered nurse (RN), and her husband watch in horror as a large truck, crashes into a van carrying a mother and her child. Jessica runs to offer aid and she finds a semiconscious woman in the driver's seat and an unconscious 4 year old boy in the back seat strapped in his car seat. The mother asks Jessica if Christopher is all right before she slips into unconsciousness. Christopher has a bleeding gash on his head and is unconscious and not breathing, with his head down and chin touching his chest. Jessica knows that she has to get Christopher's breathing started. Even though a truck driver that has stopped is yelling at her not to move the boy, with her index finger she gently lifts his head an inch off his chest. Christopher, still unconscious, starts breathing immediately. Emergency help arrives 10 minutes later.
Did Jessica do the right thing by moving Christopher’s chin up so he could breathe?
Was Jessica covered by the Good Samaritan Act; was she held to a higher standard because she had a nursing license?
Would Jessica have been covered by the Good Samaritan Act if Christopher had not started breathing when she moved his head and he had suffered further injury from the movement?
Would Jessica have been covered by the Good Samaritan Act if Christopher had not started breathing when she moved his head and he had suffered further injury from the movement?
Was Jessica, an RN, legally required to stop and provide aid or was she ethically obligated to provide aid?
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