Non-maleficence and the law: Common law: Scenario
- A paramedical emergency response team ambulance arrives at the hospital casualty ward with a severely injured motor accident victim.
The casualty ward is already filled with injured spectators from a collapsed football stand that had occurred earlier that day. The casualty officer says that all the wards are full and the ambulance should try another hospital. - Did the casualty officer act ethically and legally? Why or why not?