【醫療刑事法】嗆奶窒息案:護理人員隨時注意嬰兒之可能性【學習式判解評析】 試閱
The Case of Asphyxia caused by Choking Milk: The Possibility for the Nursing Stuff to Pay Attention on the Infants Anytime
嬰兒於甫餵完奶後出現全身性缺氧之情形,高等法院認為該嬰兒之重傷害並非嬰兒猝死症所致,乃嗆奶導致之窒息所致,並認定護理人員未落實拍嗝,亦未隨時注意並即時發現該嬰兒之窒息情形,自有過失。於該嬰兒重傷害導因之認定上,高等法院未以嚴格證明法則證明之;又於護理人員過失責任之認定上,高等法院對護理人員之作為義務層面之作為可能性、注意義務層面之結果預見可能性與結果迴避可能性均未予隻字片語之論述,即遽論護理人員疏於隨時注意並即時發現該嬰兒之窒息情形,其見解非無研究之餘地,本文擬參照實務與學說見解評析之。
An infant had hypoxia after nursing. The Hight Court judged that the serious injury of the infant wasn’t caused by the sudden cardiac death of the infant but the asphyxia caused by choking milk. Besides the nursing staff didn’t burp the infant, neither pay attention on it to discover immediately its asphyxia, and was negligent to the death. However, the High Court didn’t follow the strict method of the evidence concerning proving the causality of the serious injury of the infant. On the other hand, there was no argument made by the High Court about the possibility of act, the predictability and the possibility of eliminating risky result concerning judging the responsibility of negligence of the nursing staff, but the judgment that the nursing staff didn’t pay attention on the infant to discover immediately its asphyxia. This kind of argument might be worth to study. The presenting essay would be a comment as well as an analysis about this case comparing with the legal praxis and the theories.
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