A 30-year-old male was rescued after being lost in the woods for approximately 18 hours. The outside temperature is 30°F (−1°C). He is immediately placed in the warmed ambulance, where you perform a primary assessment. He is unresponsive, pale, and apneic. You should: 

According to the START triage system, which of the following patients should be triaged as an immediate priority (red tag)? 

A patient who has capacity may not delegate their medical decision making to a surrogate medical decision maker. 

Parents have the ethical and legal right to make health care decisions for their children, even if that means refusing life sustaining or life saving treatments for their child based on religion. 

Parents have the ethical and legal right to make health care decisions for their children, even if that means refusing life sustaining or life saving treatments for their child based on religion. 

If a patient does not have the capacity to make a treatment decision, consent for treatment must be obtained from whom? 

“Capacity” is a determination which refers to the patient’s ability to understand, appreciate, and manipulate information and form rational decisions. A patient’s capacity is determined by whom? 

If a patient does not have the capacity to make a treatment decision, consent for treatment must be obtained from whom? 

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