The patient might have a Serious disease that can spread or the patient is in need of professional.
I think that was right of the Nurse to do so because the person in the accident was exposed to someone whose blood was HIV positive, and so now they might have it too.
I would have consulted with the patient about if it was okay to let the other person know that they could now be infected with HIV and if the HIV positive patient said it was fine I would go back and tell the other patient.
hope that helps :)
ventilation mask (with oxygen inlet) is <span>The preferred oxygen delivery device to use when providing emergency oxygen to a non-breathing person.
A ventilation mask with an oxygen inlet is consist of a pump that allow another person to pump the air into the non-breathing person's lung.
Other form of oxygen delivery device require the user to directly breath in to the device, which will be impossible of that person is non-breathing condition.</span>
Depends on where you live. generally doctors have a legal requirement to respect your privacy if you’re over a certain age, in Ireland that’s 16