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Medical Malpractice Insights: Excellent documentation supports standard of care and avoids lawsuit

EMDocs

The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. Chuck Pilcher, MD, FACEP Editor, Medical Malpractice Insights Editor, Med Mal Insights Excellent documentation supports standard of care, avoids lawsuit Vertebral artery CVA leaves patient disabled.

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The Broselow-Luten System

Pediatric EM Morsels

He, along with Dr. Bob Luten, a PEM physician in Jacksonville, FL , designed the Broselow-Luten color-coded length-based system to help estimate a child’s weight, and thereby offload the cognitive burden of medication dosing and choice of equipment sizes in pediatric resuscitations. .” Available at: [link] (Accessed: 26 October 2023).

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Medical Malpractice Insights: “Sign right here and you’re good to go”

EMDocs

The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. Doctors and nurses rarely use the written medication instructions in the EHR, but we always verbally warn every patient about watching for diarrhea when an antibiotic is prescribed. EM, April 2011.

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Medical Malpractice Insights: Brain Abscess

EMDocs

The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. Exam documents that he is alert and oriented but “tired appearing” and “not appearing post-ictal.” Defense : The EP did address the seizure when he documented “not post-ictal.”

Seizures 101
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Medical Malpractice Insights: Back to Basics

EMDocs

The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. Examine the patient. And listen to your EMS providers and nurses. EMS is called, and he is brought to the ED for a reported “slip and fall” with associated facial abrasions.

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PDC Partners with Pulsara to Streamline Communication Between EMS, Hospital Personnel, and Emergency Management

PDC Healthcare

For routine calls with individual patients, it’s feasible to track who transported the patient and where they ended up.

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Medical Malpractice Insights: Radiology over-reads – Who’s responsible?

EMDocs

The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. An unknown EP reviews the report, determines that there is no reason to notify the patient, and documents nothing. Pay attention when a patient is being seen for exertional chest pain.