Presentation Flashcard

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Two patients have arrived in a hospital, both needing a kidney transplant. They have the same medical acuity, just one patient is 22 years old and the other is 64. Who do you think should receive the kidney transplant?

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22 year old

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How should the hospital allocate drugs between a population of retired individuals and a group of key community workers during a severe flu epidemic?

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Allocate drugs to both populations.

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In a pandemic, two patients arrive. One is a 40-year-old with no children. The other is a 28-year-old single mother of two. Who should receive the ventilator?

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28-year-old single mother of two

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Where did Miriam have a better chance to get a lung transplant, than where she was located? Options: New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland

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New Jersey

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Organ allocation processes are protected under law

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True

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Mirians blood type made it even more difficult to find a transplant match. What was the blood type?

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AB

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What does allocation refer to?

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deciding how to distribute limited resources

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Which is not an allocated resource talked about: Vaccines, Organ transplands, ICU beds, Heart rate monitors?

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Heart rate monitors

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What law has to do with organ allocation?

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Federal protections for ranking systems

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What ethical dilemma was brought up with Miriam? Options: Whether to donate, Rationing based off age and social role, Cost of lung transplants, Informed consent

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Rationing based off age and social role