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[thegenius]

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Yea I read one of those, case 12. Chest pain and missed aortic dissection. Seems kind of goofy and I'm not really sure why the Cardiologist got 100% of the blame. But as someone once said on this forum

"Lawyers will find negligence in a malpractice suit even if it doesn't exist."

 

[thegenius]

I just read the case you linked. This case is a colossal **** up. The first doc probably should have admitted the patient. The second doc absolutely should have done so and killed the patient. This doesn't seem to be much of a teaching point except to maybe make everyone here who isn't a terrible doctor feel good about that fact.

Agreed. The second doc should absolutely lose his license. I don't care how many good saves he had in the past.
Discharging someone with a HR 140 and RR > 30?

That is daft.