An emergency provider, you are driving down a busy interstate when you see an accident occur between two vehicles. Are you required to stop and render aid? Is calling 9-1-1 and continuing on your drive acceptable?
This is the second of a two-part series on error disclosure to emergency department patients. This month, we give specific steps to take before apologizing to a patient.
The practice of emergency medicine imposes on its providers unique challenges, including the difficulty inherent in following up with a patient who has been evaluated, treated, and then discharged.
In an ED malpractice lawsuit, "sometimes the strangest things become hot topics of discovery,"...
Sickle cell disease is a common condition seen throughout the spectrum of ages. Emergency department (ED) physicians must be aware of the range of presentations and the vulnerability of these patients to certain clinical conditions.
Change is sometimes difficult to detect, especially if it happens gradually. Psychologists call it creeping normalcy. With slow change, we become conditioned with each incremental step and do not appreciate the overall change. Then, sometimes, when we stop and look back, we are struck with the contrast.