Emergency Medicine - Adult and Pediatric
RSSArticles
-
Poor Change-of-shift Communication Triggered Successful Med/Mal Suits
Clear communication needed between the outgoing and incoming ED attending physicians.
-
ED ‘Super Users’ at High Risk of Death
Protect yourself legally by addressing patient’s chief complaint.
-
EMTALA Protects Professionals Reporting Violations
Here's how and why the courts rule the way they do.
-
Complications of Injection Drug Abuse
This article will examine unique emergencies that occur as a result of recreational injection drug use.
-
Natural Disasters: Hospital Management
Here is how to prepare your emergency department to successfully handle mass casualties.
-
Pediatric Hematologic Emergencies
MONOGRAPH: In-depth disorders of the hemogram: red blood cells, platelets, and white blood cells.
-
Are ED Policies Inflexible?
Emergency department policies are neither a perfect sword nor a perfect shield.
-
Legal Risks of Googling ED Patients Unclear, Cases Likely Coming
Conducting Internet searches on ED patients can be problematic, particularly when the physician does not have a clinically relevant reason for looking into the patient’s online life.
-
What If Med/Mal Payout Exceeds Policy Limit?
While defendant EPs might be alarmed over threats to seize property and other assets, such threats might be legally problematic for a plaintiff’s attorney to actually carry out.
-
EPs May Be Unaware of Unique EMTALA Risks Posed by Obstetric Patients
Does a pregnant patient want to leave your ED and go to a different hospital — the one at which she plans to deliver? If so, the EP faces some potentially significant legal risks.