PERC negative PE death leads to $10M verdict

[BoardingDoc]

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Yeah, of course. My point is more that it's entering that crap to begin with. That means I need to proofread my chart in detail. If I have to read the chart in that degree of detail, it certainly isn't saving me time as compared to dictating.

 

[Brigade4Radiant]

People still want their pound of flesh when they're pi$$ed. If they can't get anything via the civil route, they may go after you with criminal charges. That's much worse as far as I am concerned.

Criminal charges aren’t an option because a prosecutor has to prosecute them. It’s not something a plaintiff can just decide. Also burden of proof becomes way higher in criminal cases like you actively have to try to harm the person

Also, if it becomes criminal charges, there will be a big blowback in that state and watch as doctors flea.

Keep in mind, the VA has sovereign immunity also insurance companies have sovereign immunity

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

Criminal charges aren’t an option because a prosecutor has to prosecute them. It’s not something a plaintiff can just decide. Also burden of proof becomes way higher in criminal cases like you actively have to try to harm the person

Also, if it becomes criminal charges, there will be a big blowback in that state and watch as doctors flea.

Keep in mind, the VA has sovereign immunity also insurance companies have sovereign immunity

I work for a county hospital and it's similar here.

 

[Backpack234]

Was this in florida? This feels like Florida

 

[TysonCook]

...glad I read the case. At work, one my partners had a young female patient presenting with syncope and nothing else. Flipped T's in III and V1... and ended up finding multiple PE's. I'm not sure I would've picked it up without reading this thread

 

[Jabbed]

...glad I read the case. At work, one my partners had a young female patient presenting with syncope and nothing else. Flipped T's in III and V1... and ended up finding multiple PE's. I'm not sure I would've picked it up without reading this thread

Can you post the EKG? I see this all the time and chalk it up to juvenile pattern and normal variant as long as they’re shallow and asymmetric. Now this thread has me paranoid 😬

 

[mmmnmmm]

...glad I read the case. At work, one my partners had a young female patient presenting with syncope and nothing else. Flipped T's in III and V1... and ended up finding multiple PE's. I'm not sure I would've picked it up without reading this thread

Are those the only TWI? T wave inversion in V1 is normal and III is a normal variant. EKG in this case showed more extensive inferior and anterior precordial TWI.