 
| Course: |
Liability for Ancillary Staff in the Emergency Department: Legal Case Studies of Nurses and Physician Assistants
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| Target Audience: |
| This activity is intended for emergency physicians and nurses. |
| Sponsor: |
| This activity is sponsored by AHC Media. |
| Accreditation: |
| AHC Media is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. |
| Credit Designation: |
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.
This activity is approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for 1.5 hours of ACEP Category 1 credits. |
| Faculty |
Editor-in-Chief
Larry B. Mellick, MD, MS, FAAP, FACEP
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics
Residency Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta
Nurse Planner
Kay Ball RN, PhD, CNOR, FAAN
Consultant/ Educator
K&D Medical Inc
Lewis Center, OH
Writers
Brian Snyder, MD, Gregory Moore, MD, JD, and Christopher S. Kang, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA
Managing Editor
Leslie Hamlin
Executive Editor
Shelly Morrow Mark
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| Subjects: |
- Liability for Ancillary Staff in the Emergency Department: Legal Case Studies of Nurses and Physician Assistants
- Do ED Patients Have Legal Right to Receive Narcotics?
- Lawsuits Alleging Under-triage Likely to Increase
- Is ED's Quality Data Legally Relevant?
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| 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
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| Financial Disclosure: |
The following individuals disclose that they have no consultant, stockholder, speakers bureau, research, or other financial relationships with companies having ties to this field of study: Larry Mellick, MD, MS, FAAP, FACEP (Editor-in-Chief), Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Department of Emergency Medicine, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta; Brian Snyder, MD, Gregory Moore, MD, JD, Christopher S. Kang, MD (Writers); Kay Ball RN, PhD, CNOR, FAAN, Consultant/ Educator, K&D Medical Inc., Lewis Center, OH (Nurse Planner); Stacey Kusterbeck (Contributing Editor); Shelly Morrow Mark (Executive Editor); and Leslie Hamlin (Managing Editor).
Copyright 2012 AHC Media LLC. All rights reserved.
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