Implied Consent Case Study

Alyssabeth Pinkard

EMT 5th and 6th period

September 11, 2017

1st Six Weeks Writing Assignment

Alex Wubbels, a nurse in Salt Lake City, Utah was wrongfully arrested by a police officer because she refused to draw blood. Wobbles was following hospital protocol and was following the correct guidelines for her job. In the Alex Wubbels video Wubbel refused to draw blood from a patient who was unconscious. The officer wanted his blood drawn because he thought the patient was under the influence of alcohol and may have been the cause of the accident. When Wubbel refused the police officer preceeded to handcuff her because she was succeeding to comply with the police officers. The officer was angry and wanted Wubble to do what he said. When she did what was best for the patient and what she was supposed to do according to law the police officer detained her. The officer obviously did not have a comprehension of

Having implied consent is important because it provides the health provider with the consent of helping a patient. Implied consent builds trust in the health field, where a patient trusts his health provider. Therefore, implied consent is given by the victim, or in Wubbel’s case the patient. Implied consent is whether or not they want to go to the hospital or have a medical procedure performed on them. In the Alex Wubbel case implied consent applies because the patient who the officer wanted his blood drawn from was not able to give his consent. Alex Wubbel was not only protecting the man involved in an accident, but she was also following the state law of Utah. The Texas state law on implied consent is that it is required that you take a blood or breath test if you are arrested for a DWI. However, in the video Wubbel states, “Patient can‘t consent, he told me repeatedly that he doesn’t have a warrant, and he is not under