Avoiding Common Errors in the Emergency Department

• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Avoiding Common Errors in the Emergency Departmentsuccinctly describes 400 errors commonly made by attendings, residents, medical students, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants in the emergency department, and gives practical, easy-to-remember tips for avoiding these pitfalls. This pocket book can easily be read immediately before the start of a rotation or used for quick reference on call.

Each error is described in a short clinical scenario, followed by a discussion of how and why the error occurs and tips on how to avoid or ameliorate problems. Areas covered include psychiatry, pediatrics, poisonings, cardiology, obstetrics and gynecology, trauma, general surgery, orthopedics, infectious diseases, gastroenterology, renal, anesthesia and airway management, urology, ENT, and oral and maxillofacial surgery. Sections that focus on non-clinical aspects of emergency medicine practice—such as proper documentation, communication with consultants, and interactions with lawyers—are also included.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction: Every house is a silent edifice of unspoken secrets --
A Short History of Home Inspection: Disclosure marks the historical turning point in American real estate --
Understanding the Home Inspection Process: Home inspection is often a grand mystery to buyers and sellers --
The Basic Premise of Home Inspection --
Common Misconceptions --
Scope of a Home Inspection --
When to Schedule the Inspection --
Inspection Contingency --
Hours Needed for an Inspection. Inspections Can Also Benefit Sellers --
Attending the Home Inspection: If you miss the inspection, you may also miss the boat --
Choosing the Right Home Inspector: Home inspectors are not created equal! --
Professional Affiliations --
Home Inspection Experience --
Errors and Omissions Insurance --
Building Code Certification --
Formal Home Inspection Training --
Request a Sample Report --
Choose Your Own Home Inspector --
Avoid Price Shopping. Inspecting Brand-New Homes: The Trojan Horse was new ... and should have been inspected --
Municipal Inspectors --
Reliable Builders --
Builders' Warranties --
Uncooperative Builders --
New Homes Need to Be Inspected --
Scope and Limitations of a Home Inspection: Home inspectors are constrained by human limits --
Conditions Within the Scope of a Home Inspection --
Conditions Outside the Scope of a Home Inspection. The Home Inspector's Liability: There are two kinds of home inspectors: those who have been sued and those who will be --
Converging Views of Liability --
Fair and Unfair Liability --
Actual Monetary Liability --
After the Inspection: Repairs and Renegotiation: Moving ahead, starting over, or walking away --
Guidelines for Negotiation --
The Response of Sellers --
Dealing with Repairs --
Problems After the Sale: Cleaning up the spilt milk --
Defining the Issues. Appropriate versus Inappropriate Complaints --
Known versus Unknown Defects --
Deliberate versus Inadvertent Nondisclosure --
Acceptance and Avoidance of Disclosure Responsibility --
Homebuyer's Inspection Checklist: Don't try to do this at home --
Foundation Checklist --
Grading and Drainage Checklist --
Electrical Checklist --
Plumbing Checklist --
Heating Checklist --
Cooling Systems Checklist --
Building Exterior Checklist --
Yard Area Checklist --
Garage Checklist. Roofing Checklist --
Wood-Burning Fixtures Checklist --
Building Interior Checklist --
Homebuyer's Checklist.