Question

How would you determine that informed consent had been given for the MRI and the medications needed for sedation for the test?

Answer 1

INFORMED CONSENT

It is a legal process of getting the permission from the patient before conducting a health care intervention and after providing the information about the procedure and the complications can occur.

This authorization is given with the undestanding that any procedure involves some risk and hazards

.The most common risks includes,

• Nausea
• Vein Irritation or infection from injection
• Nerve or vessel injury
• Head ache
• Drowsiness and allergy reaction
• Fall in blood pressure
• Mild allergic reaction such as itching or a rash.

And there are some rare rare risks and complications such as,

• Vomiting which can force the stomach content into the lungs and cause pneumonia
• Severe allergic reaction or shock
• Stroke or heart attacks
• Blood clot in the lungs
• Epileptic seizure
• Brain damage
• Death

These risk can seriously and possiby fatal. Some significant that substantial risk of this purticular procedure includes systemic effect of analgesics and sedations such as irritability and insomnia.Reaction to medication that might even be life threatening.

So once after the consent is been signed by the patient or the relative, the medical team or the hospital will not be responsible to what evee the adverse effect (mentioed above) occurs to the patient during the procedure.And also it act as a legal protection for the health care teaa nd the health care organization or hospital in which the procedude done.