Military Medical Ethics – Scenario Collection

Attempted suicide

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Last updated: 18 Jul, 2017
Page ID: 54
Last updated: 18 Jul, 2017
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During a military mission abroad, you are working as a doctor and you have to cope with the limited resources in your camp.

A young officer, who is on deployment for the first time, has attempted to take his own life and shot himself in the head (with his service weapon). He left a suicide note.

The medical staff takes immediately care of the severely wounded young man but his injuries are very serious. You need a lot of resources and the outcome is very unclear.

Source: Report with additional fictitious elements.

Questions for the discussion of this scenario

1. How do you treat the suicide attempt during deployment? Is there any difference to a similar scenario at home?
2. How much of your scarce resources (e.g. personnel, blood reserves) do you use?

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Page ID: 54
Last updated: 18 Jul, 2017
Revision: 1
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