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Emergency physician groups have dealt with the realities of claims-made liability coverage for years now, yet many continue to be unpleasantly "surprised" when it comes to their "tail coverage." Tail coverage: allows the insured an extended period of time for the claim to mature or be reported to the insurance company.
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This article is designed to refresh and update the community emergency physician knowledge base for the assessment and management of pediatric chest trauma.
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Patient handoffs, or turning over a patient's care to another physician, are high-risk encounters in emergency medicine due to the potential for breakdowns in communication.
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The ED physician has three obligations to the sexual assault patient, any one of which can potentially lead to liability, according to Howard A. Peth Jr., MD, JD, an attending physician in the department of emergency medicine at Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, MO.
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More than half of nurses surveyed in a San Francisco hospital said they would not report for work if a influenza pandemic hit, and nearly half said they wouldn't report following a denotation of a radioactive bomb or during a smallpox attack.
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A small but growing number of EDs are implementing self-service computer kiosks to streamline the triage process. Potential benefits may include improved patient flow and satisfaction, but what are the liability risks of this practice?
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Physicians need to understand the pathophysiology, preventative
strategies, and acute management of patients with altitude sickness.
This article presents an overview of the spectrum of altitude illness,
diagnosis, and current management strategies, as well as preventative
strategies.
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