Emergency Medicine - Adult and Pediatric
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Are Copays Collected in ED? Beware of EMTALA
To minimize any EMTALA concerns, the medical screening examination and any medical care needed to stabilize an emergent medical condition should never be delayed as a result of obtaining any financial information — including collecting co-pays.
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EPs’ Legal Risks Post-cyberattack Are Unclear
If an attorney brings litigation claiming a hospital didn't make reasonable efforts to prevent a cyberattack that harmed an ED patient, could the emergency physician face liability?
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When Hackers Target Hospitals
Is your ED prepared?
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Update
COPD is a chronic, incurable but very treatable condition. This syndrome is identified by historical clues, clinical signs and symptoms, and physiologic and imaging abnormalities.
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Emergency Airway Management: A Targeted Review of Difficult Trauma Situations
Airway management is one of the cornerstones of emergency medicine practice and resuscitation. An emergency clinician must have a strategy for these situations based on clinical skills, available devices, urgency of the situation, and potential consultants.
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Fluids and Electrolyte Management
MONOGRAPH: A clinical guide for pediatric maintenance fluid therapy, rehydration therapies, and sodium homeostasis.
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Plaintiff Attorney Could Argue ED Was Unprepared for Mass Shooting
An expert warns that an ED's failure to prepare for mass shooting events might not only risk patient safety, but could also result in liability risks to the hospital and EPs.
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Many Crowded EDs Have Not Adopted Proven Solutions that Address Problem
Researchers worry a crowded ED is now the new status quo, which reduces the incentive to change.
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Examining Legal Pitfalls for EPs When Treating Patients with Time-sensitive Diagnoses
Poor documentation can make these cases very difficult to defend.
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Patient Doesn’t Appear Seriously Ill? Bad Outcomes Can Occur in ED Waiting Rooms
Don’t buy into the myth that the patient can’t die in the lobby.