Question

A patient is admitted to the emergency department with a head injury. the team decides that the patient requires an emergency surgery to stop internal hemorrhage, but the patient's family is not yet at the hospital to provide the consent. which is the most appropriate action for the team in this situation?

Answer 1

The answer would be Perform the surgery without the informed consent.
The patient requires an emergency surgery to stop an internal hemorrhage. This condition is dangerous as it threatens the patient life, so fast decision is needed. The consent comes from autonomy bioethics is weaker in this condition because there are injuries that definitely come.