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Question

Perry was on vacation at the Paradise Isle Hotel (Hotel) in Hawaii. One day while dining in the Hotel restaurant, Perry swallowed a large piece of food that became lodged in his throat. Perry began to gasp for breath and his face turned bright red as he struggled to remove the piece of food from his throat. Doctor, another restaurant patron on vacation at Hotel, saw Perry but chose not to assist Perry when a restaurant employee began to administer a commonly used medical anti-choking technique of standing directly behind the choking person, wrapping both arms around the choking person's chest, and quickly pushing in on the chest to try to expel the lodged food item. After several minutes of failed attempts, paramedics arrived and rushed Perry to the hospital for an emergency operation. Perry survived, but suffered from reduced brain function due to the length of time he was deprived of sufficient oxygen before the operation extracted the food item lodged in Perry's throat. If Perry brings suit against Doctor to recover for his injuries, Perry will:

Recover, if Doctor could have helped Perry by offering basic emergency medical care.

Recover, if Doctor knew