The Hospital Ventilation

[Josy]

Carrie is a doctor working in a hospital. Due to an accident in the building next door, there are deadly fumes rising up through the hospital’s ventilation system. In a certain room of the hospital are four of her patients. In another room there is one of her patients. If she does nothing the fumes will rise up into the room containing the four patients and cause their deaths.

The only way to avoid the deaths of these patients is to hit a switch that will cause the fumes to bypass the room containing the four patients. As a result of doing this, the fumes will enter the room containing the single patient (against her will). If she does this, the woman will die, but the other four patients will live.

Should Carrie hit the switch in order to save four of her patients?

[Ross.]

She should just move the single patient out of the room

[Crimson Dynamo]

accepting that the dilemma means the patients cannot be moved in time

@ross

she should call her line manager and ensure that they make the call and get any blame that will ensue. Carrie is not paid enough to make that call. SHe should also call her union rep and get them involved to make sure her back is covered

[smudgie]

She should get the hell out of there as quick as she can.
She is more use alive to the many patients lives she could save in future than the five in her care.

[Jordan.]

A final destination tea, the 4 people will still end up dying anyway

[Glenn.]

I thought this was the new chat thread for a second

[Crimson Dynamo]

I thought this was the new chat thread for a second

:laugh2: