Assume someone is involved in a motor vehicle accident in Philadelphia and serious injuries are sustained.The victim is brought to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in an unconscious state and the doctors and nurses perform emergency care, revive the patient and the patient is medically treated.Upon recovery, the patient receives a bill from the hospital on the basis that the medical care was an implied contract - that if the patient had been aware of the circumstances, the patient would have consented to the treatment and the resulting costs.May the hospital recover the costs to treat the patient?Why?

Assume in another instance that a car being driven on the Schuylkill Expressway suddenly pulls off the road and strikes a guard rail.As it is discovered, the driver has suffered a heart attack and loses consciousness.Fortunately, the driver who is behindthe heart attack victim is a cardiologist.The doctor aids the motorist, performs CPR and revives him.Can the doctor later send the heart attack victim a bill for his services?