Imagine the Scene: A twenty year old kid who has been in a car accident after getting into a high speed chase with the police. The vechical has gone over a steep hill and crashed into the trunk of a tree ejecting the boy through the windshield. Although he is badly injured,(with fractured ribs, drifting in/out of shock, has potencial internal bleeding, has penitrated his right lung, broken his thy bone, etc.) he refuses medical assistance when the police and emergency response crew show up because he doesn't think he can afford to cover the hospital bill and believes the whole hospital system is a scam.
My question is, can the doctors legally help him, or since he has denied them do they have no authority to help him. Also when dealing with a difficult patient like this would they have to sedate/restrain him, or how exactly would they get him to the hospital?
Once at the hospital, in what ways would the hospital staff deal with someone who wants to be independant and able to do things on their own but can't especially when they can't walk on their own and can only eat things like soft foods. And how would the medical staff deal with a patient who is having stress related symptoms from being in the hospital such as having frequent nightmares etc. Also if the individual has no immedient family to look after him and help him fully recover after leaving the hospital, would the hospital assign/find someone like a hospital volunteer to help look after him at his home or how exactly would they do that? Especially if he were to refuse to give them any personal information like his address.
Finally since he has gotten in trouble with the law, after he started to get better (not fully recovered but better) would the hospital hold him under their care and then transport him to jail or how would he serve jailtime if he has been injured and needs time to recooperate?
Thanks everyone! I know these are a lot of strange questions but they are things I have been wondering about for a while now and would really appreciate any feedback that is as close to what would happen in real life.
My question is, can the doctors legally help him, or since he has denied them do they have no authority to help him. Also when dealing with a difficult patient like this would they have to sedate/restrain him, or how exactly would they get him to the hospital?
Once at the hospital, in what ways would the hospital staff deal with someone who wants to be independant and able to do things on their own but can't especially when they can't walk on their own and can only eat things like soft foods. And how would the medical staff deal with a patient who is having stress related symptoms from being in the hospital such as having frequent nightmares etc. Also if the individual has no immedient family to look after him and help him fully recover after leaving the hospital, would the hospital assign/find someone like a hospital volunteer to help look after him at his home or how exactly would they do that? Especially if he were to refuse to give them any personal information like his address.
Finally since he has gotten in trouble with the law, after he started to get better (not fully recovered but better) would the hospital hold him under their care and then transport him to jail or how would he serve jailtime if he has been injured and needs time to recooperate?
Thanks everyone! I know these are a lot of strange questions but they are things I have been wondering about for a while now and would really appreciate any feedback that is as close to what would happen in real life.
Asked Apr 05, 2013
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