Course Description
Emergent situations present an ethical challenge for the respiratory therapist. This lecture will describe the nuances involved in ethical decision-making in austere environments and critical care. This presentation will describe the ethics when emergency capacity surpasses human and capital resources as well as describe new mindsets for such events when our medical background trains us to be resource intense.
Successful completion of this course requires a score of 70% on the post-test.
Please note that participants are required to view the entire program before they can take the final quiz to earn a course certificate.
Seminar Objectives
- Define ethics and morality.
- Discuss ethical dilemmas and moral agreement.
- Identify various situations in which ethical decision-making is challenged.
- Identify various models of decision-making for emergency situations.
This course is sponsored in part by an unrestricted educational grant from Dräger.
Approved CRCE Hours
1.00
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