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Emergency medicine practitioners have little control over the flow of patients into their facilities. Federal law requires them to examine and treat virtually everyone who comes through the door.
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Symptoms of shunt malfunction often can be misconstrued as representing less dangerous medical conditions.
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Some emergency physicians argue that the most urgent needs of psychiatric patients are often pushed aside in the ED until a wide range of testing is completed for medical clearance.
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As former chief of emergency medicine for the largest hospital and medical treatment facility operated by the U.S. military South Korea, Sean O'Mara, MD, JD, treated many senior level government officials and dignitaries.
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You might assume that when ED nurses and physicians care for VIPs -- whether this means a family friend, another physician, the hospital CEO, or a sports celebrity -- that care would be stellar.
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Imagine a black box. Into the box you could put all hospital ED related peer-review data, quality assurance materials, incident or occurrence reports, and medical error reviews.
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This is the first in a 2-part series on liability risks of psychiatric patients in the ED. Next month, we'll report on risks related to medical clearance of psychiatric patients.
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Imagine yourself at 2 a.m. trying to determine if a patient clutching his chest is having a myocardial infarction, but this patient doesn't speak a word of English.
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The diminishing availability of on-call specialists willing to provide emergency services has been well documented.
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When a physician and patient disagree about medical testing and treatment, in most circumstances the patient has the right to refuse further care, even if that refusal may result in the patient's death.