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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has reached almost mythic status. It has come to mean much more than an isolate of S. aureus that happens to be resistant to methicillin, an antibiotic that is no longer in clinical use. It is a slap in the face of humankind's efforts to rein in infectious illness.
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In a testicular torsion case, consistent and clear documentation by both ED nurses and physicians of the complaint, the onset of the problem and the examination of the patient placed the patient outside the timeframe where any medical intervention would have lead to a different result.
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The case of Moses v. Providence Hospital and Medical Centers, Inc. could be the tipping point that finally puts to rest the oft-repeated mantra of the civil courts that "EMTALA is not a federal malpractice law."
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A rural hospital contacts an air medical service (AMS) provider to transfer by helicopter a patient with blunt trauma. The distance between the sending and receiving facility is 75 miles. The "Life Flight" helicopter crew receives the request at 00:00, and departs their base at 00:20. They abort the flight at 00:40 hours, 10 miles from the sending facility, because the cloud ceiling drops to 700 feet, 300 feet below the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) minimum for night flight by helicopters. The sending facility then calls another AMS provider and requests that the patient be transported to the same receiving facility.
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When an ED physician was sued for allegedly missing signs and symptoms of a subarachnoid hemorrhage, the emergency medical record (EMR) documentation that was brought into evidence didn't help matters.
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2007 estimated that 17.6 million (1 in 12) adults in the United States abuse or are dependent on alcohol. Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is a potentially life-threatening condition that can develop as a result of sudden reduction or discontinuation of alcohol use.
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