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You are treating acutely ill 6-year-old child with ascending paralysis

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You are treating acutely ill 6-year-old child with ascending paralysis, he eventually needs mechanical ventilation. Now you are in a situation of using the last bed in respiratory care unit (RCU). Of the following, the BEST approach is to


  1. try to convince the parents that, there is no use of ventilation
  2. keep the bed for more treatable condition
  3. try bedside ventilation
  4. consider this case as potential treatable condition and use the last bed
  5. contact a nearby region RCU and transfer the child

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(D). It is clear in this scenario that the child suffers potentially treatable condition. In this Situation use the best resources and the best care. The choices at (A&B) are definitely non ethical. Other choices are optional when there is no bed ls available in RCU taking the best interest for the patient in consideration

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