You are asked to review a case from another EMT called Sarah. Sarah and her partner received an emergency call about a patient who was unconscious at a park on the outskirts of Sydney. On arrival, Sarah found the patient to be unconscious, GCS 3, with pin-point pupils, track marks on their arm, and with drug paraphernalia on the scene. The patient had a HR of 40 and a RR of 8. Sarah immediately began oxygenating the patient, and provided Naloxone, believing the patient’s presentation to be an opioid drug overdose. The patient slowly became more conscious, and after 10 minutes the patient was alert and oriented. The patient suddenly became very angry, stating that Sarah had “ruined my hit”. The patient then walked away and wouldn’t respond to Sarah or her partner’s calls for him to stop. Later that day the patient presented to Police and stated that Sarah had assaulted him, by providing unwanted medical care without his consent. Task State if you believe Sarah would be in breach of any Australian legislation, and provide an explanation for your answer, which includes reference to relevant Australian legislation and how it would usually apply?
