Which of the following is an example of a quasi-contract?

• A. Data collection
• B. CPR and BLS
• C. Good segmentation act
• D. Life and death information sharing

Answer: (B)

A quasi-contract (implied-in-law contract) is a legal mechanism used to prevent unjust enrichment when one party benefits from another’s services or goods in the absence of a formal agreement. It creates an obligation to pay the reasonable value of those benefits, even though no contract was ever formed.

In the context of emergency care, CPR and Basic Life Support are lifesaving services provided when the patient cannot give consent. The person receiving the benefit is preserved from harm, and there’s typically no existing contract governing payment for those immediate services. The law can treat this situation as a quasi-contract, requiring payment for the reasonable value of the lifesaving care to avoid unjustly enriching the recipient at the provider’s expense. This is why CPR and BLS fit as an example of a quasi-contract.

Data collection, marketing actions like good segmentation, and sharing life-and-death information involve different legal and ethical issues (research processes, business strategy, and privacy or information governance) and do not illustrate the imposition of a payment obligation by law in the absence of a contract.