Emergency Medicine
Crowded Emergency Departments & Staffing Crisis in Healthcare
Crowded Emergency Departments & Staffing Crisis in Healthcare In the United States, the Emergency Department’s reputation and rank is the infamous canary in the coal mine, as it is a picture of not just one distinct ED or hospital group, but of an overall health system bursting at the seams.4 Jam-packed ED’s are an extensive…
Read MoreCardiac Arrest: Failure to Identify & Provide Emergency Treatment Causes Death
Case Reference: Plaintiff claimed that the standard of care called for immediate cardiac consultation and transfer for cardiac catheterization at both 10:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. Plaintiff’s proof was that decedent remained in the emergency room for some fourteen hours without a workup for catheterization. The jury found in favor of plaintiff for $1.3 million.…
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