Sharing your final breath, an expression becoming reality: A ventilator dilemma

It is the responsibility of healthcare professionals to decide who will receive care during a crisis while also trying to save as many lives as possible. Due to the lack of materials healthcare professionals have faced significant ethical challenges when using a single ventilator on multiple patients. Through Utilitarian ethics, this text will provide an analysis of the situation and define which point of view would cause the greater good, either by following the scientific fact by not sharing a ventilator due to the risk of harming more than saving or by bending the rules and try to help as…