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"Many times, something as simple as a check mark as to whether the patient had anything to eat or drink while they were in the ED may become an important fact in the defense of a lawsuit," says Stimmel. Here are some of Stimmel's recommendations:
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This is the first of a two-part series on documentation and ED liability. This month, we explore the legal risks of inadequate documentation and information that should not be omitted.
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You are on duty in the ED when the paramedics bring in a patient from the county jail who had tried to hang himself. When the patient arrives, you are told by the accompanying guard that the patient was found with a tightly twisted bedsheet around his neck and looped over the bedpost of the metal bunkbed.
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In this issue: Aggressive approach to CVD reÿ
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One of the hottest topics in critical care these days is whether all ICUs should be staffed around the clock, seven days a week (24/7), by physicians with special training and qualifications in critical care (intensivists).
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The use of a rapid response system (RRS), or medical emergency team (MET), has become established as a patient safety measure to ensure early detection of patient compromise.
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This issue deals with two key topics in the ongoing discussion about how critical care should be organized: rapid response systems (also called medical emergency teams or rapid response teams) for identifying patients not in ICUs who are at risk for life-threatening deterioration, and around-the-clock intensivist staffing in the ICU.
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In the past decade, rapid response teams (RRTs) were broadly implemented to identify and treat patients on medical and surgical wards at risk for catastrophic deterioration and thus prevent death.