Emergency Medicine Exam questions and answers Graded A+
Emergency Medicine Exam questions and answers Graded A+ EMTALA Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act = Federal law that requires anyone coming to an ED to be stabilized and treated in a non-discriminatory manner, regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay, nationality, race, creed etc. - "anti-dumping" law EMTALA was designed to prevent hospitals from transferring uninsured or Medicaid pts to public hospitals w/o (at a minimum) providing a medical screening examination (MSE) to ensure they were stable for treatment Code Blue Cardiopulmonary arrest General ED principles - Identify & stabilize a life-threatening condition - Consider the necessity to determine the dx b4 th
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