2006-11-30 00:13:18 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
They could call in a crash team, move the doctor out of the way and keep working on the patient.
That's my opinion.
2006-11-30 00:16:50 · answer #1 · answered by pj_gal 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Probably do bugger.....As usual, then they all complain that that the doctor died of overwork and being underpaid, demand huge sums of money in there next wage rise. Start pickets that only hurt patients, Complain when they get another inflation busting rise, demand better housing, better facilities etc etc blah blah general whinging NHS staff usually from Dewsbury District Hospital and they know who they are roughly 95% of them being overweight smokers with a limp and cross eyes. The only hospital to employee what look like retarded space mutants who sit whinging for most of the day, the rest is spent avin a ***........
2006-11-30 00:27:43 · answer #2 · answered by Max 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
:) Interesting question.
An important point to most of the previous answerers:
If someone drops dead suddenly, that REQUIRES IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION. The person may be revived if quick action is taken.
If a surgeon drops dead, they call in help to attend to the surgeon and the patient as well. If no help is available they do, what should be done in cases of emergencies:
Evaluate: who would suffer most from lack of attention? Who could gain most from attention? Decide sequence of action based on the answers.
2006-11-30 23:09:17 · answer #3 · answered by Krumplee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Believe it or not, hospitals and surgery centers actually have policies that cover this: it's called "incapacitated physician", and it's not limited to dying. Surgeons can become ill just like everyone else.
The usual practice is to call in another physician to complete the surgery, and have the incapacitated physician cared for by yet another health provider.
I've never seen a surgeon leave in the middle of a case, but I have seen them cancel cases because they were too sick to work (usually stomach virus or migraine).
The anesthesiologist's first duty is to the patient, but if everything was stable, he/she might assist in the care of the incapacitated physician.
2006-11-30 04:16:34 · answer #4 · answered by Pangolin 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
there are so many people in an operating room that they would work on both however the patient is on life support and the doctor isnt
2006-11-30 00:16:17 · answer #5 · answered by julie t 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You would need to check he was actually dead first, so maybe just one other doctor would need to check his vital signs while the rest worked on the patient.
2006-11-30 00:28:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose that another doctor would step in to help the patient while the nurse(s) would get the doctor out to try to help him/her. But I don't think that they would stand there and "choose"
2006-11-30 00:21:31 · answer #7 · answered by noahmom95 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Certainly they will treat the patient because the doctor is dead.You can't expect a doctor to treat a dead body.
2006-11-30 02:32:37 · answer #8 · answered by sushanth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO MUCH FOR THE DOCTOR IF HE WAS DEAD. SO THEY WOULD WORK ON THE PATIENT.
2006-11-30 00:21:39 · answer #9 · answered by aunty m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably the patient. They'd probably wheel the doc out to the morgue since he's dead.
2006-11-30 00:15:50 · answer #10 · answered by Sam I AM 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋