Emergency Medicine - Adult and Pediatric
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Carbon Monoxide and Cyanide Poisoning in Smoke Inhalation Victims
MONOGRAPH: Both toxins can cause significant injury or death if unrecognized by clinicians.
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full January 4, 2015 Issue in PDF
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The Value of Laboratory Testing in the Trauma Patient
Trauma patients have a wide variety of presentations and acuity, and range from healthy patients with minor injuries to patients with extensive medical histories and major trauma. -
Full January 1, 2009 Issue in PDF
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Approaching Shock in the Trauma Patient
You are working one evening, and the EMS dispatch center calls. The ambulance is bringing in a 35-year-old male motor vehicle collision victim who is unresponsive and has a BP of 80 palpable. So, what happens next in your emergency department? Who do you assemble? What equipment do you gather? Do you call the blood bank and the operating room? -
Full January 1, 2009 Issue in PDF
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Special Report: Sleep Deprivation and Fatigue
The dangers of sleep deprivation and fatigue can no longer be ignored. -
CA Court Determines State's Damage Cap Does Not Apply to EMTALA Claim
In a series of questionable decisions, a California federal court allowed a plaintiff to bring a "failure-to-screen" claim under the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) against a hospital for what was really an ordinary state malpractice claim for "failure to diagnose," and then held that California's $250,000 damages cap wouldn't apply because the EMTALA claim was not a "professional negligence" claim as contemplated by the state's tort reform law - the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA). -
Could giving 'unequal' care to inpatients get your ED sued?
This story concludes a two-part series on liability risks of boarding admitted patients in the ED. This month, we report on the problem of EDs providing an unequal level of care compared to what patients would have gotten on inpatient units. -
Do Joint Commission guidelines have a legal impact on our practice?
Emergency departments pour a lot of resources into compliance with the Joint Commission's standards, including the National Patient Safety Goals. But is there any evidence that compliance with The Joint Commission standards decreases liability risks for an emergency department?