ED Legal Letter – October 1, 2007

October 1, 2007

• Arbitration of Disputes: How is it used in Medical Malpractice?

  This is the first of a two-part series on arbitration of medical malpractice disputes. Part one will provide a brief overview of arbitration in general and of selected cases.

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• Decrease liability risks of sedation in your ED

  Increasingly, the anesthesia department is directing guidelines and training requirements for procedural sedation in hospitals, including the ED. Is this practice going to increase your liability risks?

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• Can your ED patient legally recover damages?

  Many ED staff are not aware of the distinction between compensatory, non-compensatory, and punitive damages, and don't realize the many categories for which juries may award damages, says Barbara Pilo, a health care attorney counsel attorney in the litigation section of the Dallas office of Fulbright & Jaworski.

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• Special Report: The State of Emergency Ultrasound and the Standard of Care

  Emergency physicians must now ask whether EP-performed ultrasound represents a convenient option or a legal obligation. This article focuses on the history of EP-performed ultrasound and whether this imaging modality triggers a new standard of care in emergency medicine.

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