Chapter 2, Problem 14CR

Boards are obligated to either enact or recommend __________ that meet the need of the members and serve the public’s health:

You need to obtain informed consent from your patient who is having an endoscopy procedure. He has a power of attorney but you are unable to obtain it. What steps would you take at this point? What are the potential legal ramifications? Outside of the legal ramifications, describe the importance of obtaining legal informed consent from patients.

You are a medicolegal death investigator, and tonight you have a third-year medical student riding with you on the last night of his elective clinical rotation in Forensic Pathology (and his first, and only, night in the field). At 1834 hours you are dispatched to the Regional Medical Center concerning the death of a physician. Investigation reveals that the doctor was sitting at a Nurse’s station, writing orders. He was conversing with people, and was reportedly in a good mood without expressed complaint. All of a sudden, he was seen to get a horribly-pained look on his face; he began to arise from his seated position as he grabbed his head, saying “Oh, oh, my head, I’ve never had pain like this” then “I don’t want to be Coded” (resuscitated). He thereupon collapsed to the floor, was seen to take approximately 7-8 agonal breaths, and then became apneic, although he still had a pulse. A respiratory therapist present opened the physician’s airway, told others to call a Code Blue, and…

Which of these grants medical staff privileges to a physician in a hospital setting? The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) The Hospital's Graduate Education Committee The State Medical Board The Hospital Board and Medical Staff Committee