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A patient presents with a traumatic dirty wound which is not cleaned completely, and is closed by the ED physician with contaminant still present. The debris in the wound causes an infection resulting in tissue loss, which must be repaired by a plastic surgeon with an extensive skin graft.
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When contacted by the radiologist with a discrepancy, what should you do first?
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The cervical spine x-rays of a motor vehicle accident victim with a chief complaint of neck pain appear normal, but fractures are later picked up by a computed tomography (CT) scan.
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When a woman presented to an ED complaining of a migraine and requesting a narcotic injection, two nurses and a physician advised this patient she would need a ride home if she received a narcotic.
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A CT scan of your abdominal pain patient is negative for appendicitis, but the radiologist finds a cystic lesion in the kidneys.
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Pediatric advanced airway management is a critical intervention performed for ill or injured children in the emergency department (ED). Approximately 270,000 children require endotracheal intubation in the emergency department each year, comprising 0.2% of all ED visits.
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A patients history frequently becomes an issue in malpractice claims against emergency physicians (EPs), says Phillip B. Toutant, Esq., an attorney in the Southfield, MI, office of The Health Law Partners
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A recent malpractice case involved an elderly man who was diagnosed with a gastrointestinal (GI) bleed by an emergency physician (EP), who determined that the patient should be admitted.
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A patient with a chief complaint of back pain also reported leg weakness to the emergency physician (EP) evaluating him, but the EP assumed the weakness was related to the back pain.
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In a series of recent decisions, the Georgias appellate and supreme courts diluted application of the clear and convincing gross negligence standard installed by Georgias tort reform statute; and they have also advanced exceptions to the law that allow plaintiff attorneys to circumvent the legislatures intended tougher standards required to prove medical malpractice.
