Lawsuit Cites Trauma Alerts And Sepsis Alerts
Doctors allege non-physicians activate codes
In the North Carolina whistleblower complaint, the doctors said unnecessary trauma codes were typically activated by a non-physician, often a physician’s assistant, who was given little time to make an actual assessment.
After April 15, 2020, when TeamHealth started delivering contracted services to Mission Hospital’s Emergency Department, the number of trauma activations surged, according to the lawsuit.
On one busy ER shift in May 2022, Ramming...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: 2021Doctor Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums