Re: EMTALA
From: Garry E. Siegel, M.D. (garrys@mindspring.com)
Wed Jul 27 23:13:55 2005
Horribly sad that common and clinical sense have been thrown out the
window so that they can be mandated by law.
Unfortunately, you can't legislate common sense.
Garry
At Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Efrain Ramirez wrote:
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>>At Wed, 27 Jul 2005, art fougner, md wrote:
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>>I can envision the look on the face of the pediatrician, called to the
>>ER for the viability screen ... Folks get paid to write these regs?
>>
>>art
>>
>>At Wed, 27 Jul 2005, rmodugno@aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>>Not entirely Dan - everyone knows a 12 weeker cannot survive - you however must document your "screening exam" and reasons for not proceeding with resuscitation.
>>>
>>>Robert Modugno MD MBA FACOG
>>>Marietta, GA
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: R. Daniel Braun <rd.braun@gmail.com>
>>>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
>>>Sent: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:16:42 -0500
>>>Subject: Re: EMTALA
>>>
>>>Yeah, well now it is VIABLE by LAW if it has any kind of sign of life at Delivery.
>>>If a 12 weeker comes out with a heart beat or movements "All efforts must be made to sustain its life(?) as long as possible" That is according to my understanding of the law. Help me out if I am wrong.
>>>Dan
>>>
>>>On 7/27/05, Larry Glazerman <l.glazerman@rcn.com> wrote:
>>>Viability at 20 weeks?????????
>>>
>>>Larry R. Glazerman, MD
>>>Ob-Gyn at Trexlertown, PC
>>>larry.glazerman@lvh.com
>>>
>>>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Stmidwife@aol.com
>>>Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 11:19 AM
>>>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>>>Subject: Re: EMTALA
>>>
>>>I always seen 20 weeks here in So CA.
>>>
>>>Sue
>>>
>>>In a message dated 7/27/05 6:44:56 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net writes:
>>>
>>>."and 22 weeks is within the standard that most hospitals use for
>>>viability
>>>
>>>--
>>>R. Daniel Braun
>>> Kinky for Governor
>>>
>>--
>>art fougner, md
>>
>> "If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."
>>Lawrence Peter Berra
>>
>This is getting nonsensical isn't...?
>
>They "section" a patient at 20 weeks for "fetal indications" -- that's
>Kalifornia...??
>
>Dan is right - viability should be a medical term not a legal term -
>
>Ef
>
>These EMTALA "guidelines" have -IMHO- far reaching consequences ...
>
>--
>"Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the
>small ones."
>
> - Phillip Brooks
>
> ~walt whitman~
>
--
Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
Private Practice
Roswell, GA
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