ED Legal Letter (Vol. 27, No. 9)

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Release date: September 2016

Valid through: September 2019

Target Audience

This activity is intended for emergency physicians and nurses.

Subjects

Remove Non-emergent Patients from the ED with Care
Warning Signs an EP’s Defense Strategy Conflicts with Co-defendant’s
Embarrassing Texts Led to Settlement of Med/Mal Claims
These Common Mistakes Resulted in Missed Ectopic Claims
EMTALA Violation Could Bolster Weak Malpractice Claim Against EP
Patients Decide Not to Sue After Hearing EP’s Honest Explanation for Bad Outcome

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 Credits™
1.5 ACEP Credits

Nurses

1.5 ANCC Nursing Contact Hours
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP14749, for 1.5 Contact 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 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for a maximum of 1.5 hour(s) of ACEP Category I credit.

Nurses

This activity has been approved for 1.5 nursing contact hours using a 60-minute contact hour.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP14749, for 1.5 Contact Hours.

Nurses licensed in California should retain this credit letter for four years.

Faculty Listing

Editors

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, Milwaukee

Nurse Planner, Kay Ball, PhD, RN, CNOR, FAAN, Associate Professor, Nursing, Otterbein University, Westerville, 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); Kay Ball, PhD, RN, CNOR, FAAN (Nurse Planner); Stacey Kusterbeck (Contributing Editor); Jonathan Springston (Associate Managing Editor); and Shelly Morrow Mark (Executive Editor).

ED Legal Letter (Vol. 27, No. 9) - September 1, 2016