Continuing Medical Education: Emergency Medicine CME: Emergency Department Triage— The New Hotbed of Litigation?: AHC Media LLC: May 1, 2009 - May 2, 2012: Online CME
Emergency Department Triage— The New Hotbed of Litigation?
CME Sponsor:
AHC Media LLC
Location:
This is an online CME activity
Course Directors/Instructors:
Managing Editor
Allison Weaver
Executive Editor
Larry B. Mellick, MD, MS, FAAP, FACEP
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Residency Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta
Nurse Planner
Sue A. Behrens, APRN, BC
Manager, Trauma Services, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, IL
Nurse Reviewer
Kay Ball, RN, MSA, CNOR, FAAN
Contributing Editors
Stacey Kusterbeck
Robert Bitterman, MD, JD, FACEP
Gregory P. Moore, MD, JD
Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine Residency
Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA
Associate Publisher
Coles McKagen
AHC Media LLC
Number of Credits:
1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Course Fee: $15
More Info
Course Highlights:
Location:
This is an online CME activity
Course Directors/Instructors:
Managing Editor
Allison Weaver
Executive Editor
Larry B. Mellick, MD, MS, FAAP, FACEP
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Residency Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta
Nurse Planner
Sue A. Behrens, APRN, BC
Manager, Trauma Services, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, IL
Nurse Reviewer
Kay Ball, RN, MSA, CNOR, FAAN
Contributing Editors
Stacey Kusterbeck
Robert Bitterman, MD, JD, FACEP
Gregory P. Moore, MD, JD
Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine Residency
Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA
Associate Publisher
Coles McKagen
AHC Media LLC
Number of Credits:
1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Course Fee: $15
More Info
Course Highlights:
- Emergency Department Triage— The New Hotbed of Litigation?
- How can expert witnesses make or break a lawsuit?
- Legal Special Defenses: An ED Physician's Friend, and Sometimes Savior
- Need an expert witness? Here's what to look for
- Time-dependent treatments give rise to ED lawsuits
- 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 practitioner's daily practices



