EMTALA Question

If you have a service available at your hospital and they refuse to consult on a patient and recommend transfer to another facility is this an EMTALA violation? For example you are at a community hospital and you have an MVA patient with an isolated injury (say hip fracture or minor SAH) without any need for a trauma surgery. Can ortho or neurosurgery refuse the patient based on mechanism when they are credentialed for the appropriate procedure and management does not change based on... Read more
Source: Student Doctor Network - Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums