88Duties where unexpected complications arise and person not privately self-administering

88 Duties where unexpected complications arise and person not privately self-administering

If unexpected complications of a medical kind arise after a VAD substance has, in accordance with section 86 , been administered to, or self-administered by, the person, the person’s AHP must, in accordance with the wishes of the person set out in the person’s final permission –

(a) administer to the person a substance (which may be a VAD substance) that will enable the person to die more quickly and painlessly than would otherwise be the case; or

(b) take action that it is reasonable for the AHP to take to preserve the person’s life.