ED Legal Letter (Vol. 26, No. 6)

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Release date: June 2015

Valid through: June 2018

Target Audience

This activity is intended for emergency physicians and nurses.

Subjects

How new legislation on standard of care affects ED defendants
Abnormal vital signs at discharge are ammunition for med/mal suit
Common allegations in suits involving ED care of obese patients
Proven tactics to counter testimony of plaintiff’s expert witness
Avoid malpractice claims alleging negligent ED wound care

Objectives

Identify legal issues relating to emergency medicine practice
Explain how these issues affect nurses, physicians, legal counsel, management, and patients
Integrate practical solutions to reduce risk into the ED practitioners daily practices

Credit Available

Physicians

Maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
1.5 AAP Credits

Nurses

1.25 ANCC Credit Hours

Sponsor

This activity is sponsored by AHC Media.

Accreditation Statement

AHC Media is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AHC Media is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Credit Designation

Physicians

AHC Media designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses

This activity has been approved for 1.25 nursing contact hours using a 60-minute contact hour. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 14749, for 1.25 Contact Hours. Nurses licensed in California should retain this credit letter for four years.

Faculty Listing

Editors

Executive Editor: David Kiefer, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

AHC Media executive editor: Shelly Morrow Mark

Associate Managing editor: Jonathan Springston

Physician Editor, Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD, FACEP, Director and Professor, Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Institute for Health and Society Medical College of Wisconsin,m Milwaukee, WI

Nurse Planner, Kay Ball RN, PhD, CNOR, FAAN, Consultant/ Educator, K&D Medical Inc., Lewis Center, OH

Contributing Editor, Stacey Kusterbeck

Financial Disclosure

Financial Disclosure: The following individuals disclose that they have no consultant, stockholder, speaker’s bureau, research, or other

financial relationships with companies having ties to this field of study: Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD, FACEP (Physician Editor); Stacey Kusterbeck

(Contributing Editor); and Jonathan Springston (Associate Managing Editor). Shelly Morrow Mark’s (Executive Editor) spouse works for a company that has created advertising for Uroplasty Kay Ball, RN, PhD, CNOR, FAAN, Consultant/ Educator, K&D Medical Inc., Lewis Center, OH (Nurse Planner) is a speaker for AORN and a stockholder for STERIS, Inc.

ED Legal Letter (Vol. 26, No. 6) - June 1, 2015