When a Patient Is Clinically Unable to Give Consent to a Lifesaving

When a patient is clinically unable to give consent to a lifesaving emergency treatment, the law provides that ___________.

A) consent is not implied on the presumption that a reasonable person would not consent to lifesaving medical interventions
B) when an emergency situation does arise, there may be little opportunity to contact the attending physician, much less a consultant, thus consent is implied
C) the patient's records must be incomplete with respect to the description of the patient's illness and condition
D) consent cannot be implied