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EMTALA Q&A
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Report: EDs treated 31 million injuries in 2000
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Case study: How would you manage this seizure?
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Pediatric Corner: Try these tips for pediatric seizures
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Noninvasive Ventilation
NIV is increasingly accepted as an alternative to endotracheal intubation (ETI) for the management of respiratory failure, both acute and chronic. -
Medication use and pregnancy
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Perioperative beta-blockers
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FDA actions
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Discontinuation of statins
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An Ambulance ‘Owned’ by a Hospital Must Also Be ‘Operated’ by the Hospital to Trigger EMTALA Obligations
Whenever an individual enters an ambulance (or medical helicopter) owned and operated by a hospital, the federal government deems the person to have come to the hospitals emergency department for purposes of triggering the hospitals obligations under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).1