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Ask a lawyer: Notifying police of stab wounds

Question:  I am an ER nurse in a large Calgary hospital.  A young man recently came into the ER with stab wounds to his left arm.  He alleges that he has no knowledge of who the assailant was and does not want me to call the police.  The nature of the wounds and his behaviour…

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InfoLAW: Consent for CPR

CPR is treatment The combination of chest compressions, artificial ventilation and medications is commonly referred to as CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation). Because of its potential benefit if implemented immediately, CPR has become a default treatment for cardiac arrest in many institutions, meaning that it will be implemented in all cases of cardiac arrest unless there is…

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InfoLAW: Emergency Room Closures

In the face of scarce human health resources, amalgamation of health services, and changing demographics, some hospitals have made the difficult decision to close their emergency departments, temporarily or permanently. Communications to this effect would then be made widely to the public by the hospital or regional health authority. Consequently, emergency room staff could be…

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InfoLAW: Emergency Room Nursing

What aspects of emergency nursing require particular diligence? Triage Practical guidelines such as the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale are commonly used for triage. Insight into how a court weighs evidence about triage categories and clinical interventions can be gained from two emergency room (ER) cases. In the first case,1 a widow alleged the nursing…

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