Case 5 Index
Introduction
ED Bounceback
Outcome
Nurse Depositions
Nurse Expert Witnesses
Physician Depositions
Physician Expert Witnesses
Legal Outcome
Documentation Review
Medical Review
Both doctors were deposed in this case. The first doctor, who ordered the initial testing and recommended admission, was not named in the case. The part of her disposition about her decision to admit the patient regardless of the testing results, and her sign-out to the second doctor, are shown below.
Selections from the second doctor’s deposition are shown below.
The next page shows the physician expert witness opinions.