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a. A 12-year-old girl falls onto a glass table with a deep laceration to her thigh and loses a significant volume of blood before being found. She is brought into the emergency department tachycardic, hypotensive, and profoundly anemic. Her parents, who are Jehovahs Witnesses, refuse to consent to blood transfusion based on their religious beliefs. What is the most appropriate course of action? A. Try to obtain the patients consent to transfusion B. Respect the wishes of the parents since the patient is a minor C. Transfuse the patient, since her condition is life-threatening D. Obtain a
a. A 12-year-old girl falls onto a glass table with a deep laceration to her thigh and loses a significant volume of blood before being found. She is brought into the emergency department tachycardic, hypotensive, and profoundly anemic. Her parents, who are Jehovahs Witnesses, refuse to consent to blood transfusion based on their religious beliefs. What is the most appropriate course of action? A. Try to obtain the patients consent to transfusion B. Respect the wishes of the parents since the patient is a minor C. Transfuse the patient, since her condition is life-threatening D. Obtain a court order to override the wishes of the parents E. Contact the congregation elder to negotiate with the family
