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Part II of this series discusses the use of anticoagulants in the emergency department (ED) and some of the complications seen with their use. As our society ages, more and more patients are on chronic anticoagulants.
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It is very common for adolescent females to present with menstrual irregularities and differentiating normal variations from life-threatening problems is critical to the emergency department physician.
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This month we will address attempts by State Medical Boards to use their licensure powers to censure or fine physicians, suspend their medical license, or outright revoke their ability to practice medicine for providing unprofessional testimony.
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Credentialing requirements for specific numbers of procedures performed may be suitable for most hospital units, but these may be difficult or impossible to meet in the ED.
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If an ED physician refuses to examine and treat a patient suspected of "drug seeking," this is an automatic violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).
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There is no area of Emergency Medicine that incorporates as many associated unique legal issues as that of psychiatric emergencies.
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Emergency physicians deal with anticoagulation on a daily basis. We have all dealt with the bleeding patient on anticoagulants.
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Professional burnout is a psychological syndrome in response to chronic interpersonal stressors on the job. In order to determine the prevalence of burnout among physicians working in ICUs, and to investigate associated factors, the investigators carried out a nationwide one-day survey study in the adult ICUs of 189 French public hospitals.
