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<li>If we take this scenario to the extreme: that the patient will die soon w/o surgery, that the only person who knows how to perform the surgery is an intoxicated surgeon, what would you do? </li>
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<p>Obviously, it’s a stretch to suggest that you would cut the guy’s head open yourself w/o supervision. But, in this case, would you let the surgeon just perform the surgery or would you suggest that you perform the surgery w/ assistance/advice from the drunk surgeon? Are either of these choices even legal? I understand obviously that you should alert the supervisor of the attending and try to keep the patient alive as long as possible within your limits. But, basically in such a scenario, you would not perform the surgery yourself nor will you permit the surgeon to perform?</p>