Wednesday, January 29, 2014

New Emergency Physician Advocates Podcast: EMTALA - What Every EP Must Know

http://www.aaem.org/publications/podcasts/emergency-physician-advocates












Emergency Physician Advocates: EMTALA - What Every Emergency Physician Must Know
Larry Weiss, MD JD FAAEM, Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and past-president of AAEM, discusses EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act) and what every emergency physician must know. In part 1 of this 2 part series he will discuss EMTALA obligations related to screening exams and stabilization. Discussion points include: a review of landmark EMTALA cases, EMTALA legally mandated obligations, and EMTALA rules & regulations.


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Dr. Weiss's objectives in this podcast:
1. Understand important EMTALA case law & review of landmark cases
2. Understand legally mandated obligations under EMTALA
3. Understand the EMTALA rules & regulations: "What is a regulation?" "What is the difference between a regulation and a statue?" "How does this effect you?"

EMTALA created three major duties under federal law for hospitals to appropriately screen, stabilize & transfer patients. Dr. Weiss will discuss these duties in detail. This episode covers screening & stabilization. Episode 13 (to be released in February 2014) will cover the transfer duties.

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

AAEM Opposes Turkish Medical Bill Criminalizing Emergency First Aid Care

January 28, 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Laura Burns
               lburns@aaem.org
               800-884-2236


MILWAUKEE — The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) is the specialty society of board certified emergency physicians. AAEM is a democratic organization committed to the principle of fair and equitable practice environments to allow emergency physicians to provide the highest quality of patient care.

It is the firm opinion of AAEM that the medical bill newly signed by Turkish President Abdullah Gul, making it a crime to administer emergency first aid without government authorization, unjustly and negatively affects both patients and providers.