Deposition of ER Doctor in Failure to Diagnose Malpractice Case (2 of 2)
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- Deposition of Defendant Emergency Medicine doctor in medical malpractice case involving ER failure to diagnose. Our client was a middle-aged man who went the ER after injuring his knee and leg.
This is how we explained the mechanism of his knee injury to the jury:
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Doctors at the ER (including the deponent in this video) took some x-rays and sent him home with a knee sprain diagnosis. 2 days later they end up having to amputate his leg because the ER doctors during his initial visit failed to discover damage to his popliteal artery.
Claim Against this Doctor
This doctor allegedly agreed with the assessment done by PA, but even though she does not need to do her own exam of the patient, she did anyway.
She remembers this patient and remembers that she has all the same findings as the PA, even though there is not a single note in the file documenting her exam or her findings. She did not sign the actual chart in this case for a full 10 days, long after the plaintiff's leg had already had his leg amputated.
Verdict
We brought a medical malpractice action against the PA and this doctor in Baltimore City. After a hard-fought trial, the jury awarded our client $5.2 million.
Great Client
The client, a very good man, was kind enough to allow us to share depositions from his case to help educate others.
More Related to this Malpractice Lawsuit
You can find the deposition of the defendant's emergency room doctor claimed this doctor's care was within the standard of care here: • Deposition of Defendan...
And the defendant physician's assistant here: • Defendant Physician's ...
5.2 million was well deserved. Some of these doctors and other medical personnel just don't give a damn.
🥺”I didn’t read the chart, I went straight to the source”. WOW!!!
This case breaks my heart 💔. I’m so glad this he won
she's a pretty poor defendant.
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You can see her face speaking so much more here. She realizes that what she did was wrong.
Look at how much gold this beast has on. She is never putting a hand on a patient. Not looking at them. Not reading their chart. Not even looking at them. Just talking down to a nurse, barking things out. Then storming away to complain about how much hours she is working, or some other gripe.
How arrogant of her to think she doesn’t have to document! Every healthcare place I’ve worked in requires it, as does a license
Absolutely so rude this Dr 🙄
I agree. This woman is disgusting! She has the mentality and demeanor of a miserable DMV public servant. If I were on the jury I would have voted for a 10 million dollar settlement based solely on the testimony of this despicable POS.
I wanted to weigh in here. I've been a Nurse for over 30 years. I hold active CCRN, CEN & TNCC certifications and I have been deposed as an 'expert witness'. As a nurse you are the PATIENT ADVOCATE and must represent their best interests! Hind sight is alway 20 20, I would have PULLED in another physician to evaluate, I've done it many times and will do it again. Once it was determined he had compromised circulation, they quit being pissed off and usually comment, that was a good catch.
Good Lord above save me from a doctor like this.
Amen!
I’ve worked in the ER you would be surprised
I think she is still in practice
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Any M.D. who cannot define the "Standard of care," shouldn't be able to practice medicine until they CAN define it. She also needs to learn to read a chart before examining a patient as well as documenting EVERYTHING she performs on that patient like pulse & temp, especially on a limb injury!! Without knowing everything in that patients chart, but from just listening to her deposition I think it's safe to say the patient was appropriately awarded bless his heart. The plaintiff's attorney did an excellent job imo. Great upload thank you!
When a witness does everything to avoid answering a straightforward question again and again (even a yes or no question), the witness is afraid of the truth.
no. they’re actually typically instructed to not answer “yes” or “no,” specifically because it locks the witness into the specific verbiage asked by the attorney. they want to control the narrative, and generally people take generally true statements as true, which is of course not correct.
A lawyer doesn't ask straightforward questions. The purpose of yes or no questions is limited. The subject matter of what happened is complicated and can't be answered yes or no. It's not black and white. This case should never have been won by the plaintiff. The patient left the ER with perfusion of blood flow to the knee. At some point after leaving the ER, he lost perfusion or blood flow. It is the patient's responsibility to return immediately. Not 3 days later when it is too late and his leg has to come off. Piss poor defense attorney cost this case.
@Ma P you're welcome...This was not negligence. My girlfriend is in a malpractice suit right now where gross negligence did occur such as a surgeon cutting through her bladder and both ureters due to not administering carmine indigo to locate them. Surgeon also used a robot that she wasn't certified to use. Clear difference. Doctor's oath is to do no harm. It's not to fix everything like some believe.
@@fiddlefolk Wow, that’s horrible. So sorry for your girlfriend. Hope her quality of life isn’t permanently affected.
@@usaf1girl Thank you! She has more surgeries in the future but she's tough.
I'm a BSN RN. Most times it's one of us that pick up a potential decline in Patients, and we pull the Physician's coat to it. Seems like all these different types of Technicians are taking RN's and LPN'S POSITIONS. Experience, training, and caring are important elements. Caring is paramount. Nurses are the gatekeepers.
Yes! They pass off medical assistant s as nurses. I am also an RN BSN who attended a reputable school, Purdue University. Those medical assistant s don't know Jack shit. They sure don't make much money because their certificate s aren't worth the paper they're printed on. Save money, hire a dummy.
@@susanbeckham9586 How dare you put down a Medical Assistant . So what you have a Bsn that does not make you smart. I would trust A Medical Assistant or a Certified Assistant before you. You sound arrogant and feeling your self and all you are is a high tech Cna. Stop boasting on having a Bsn that means nothing. No Masters no PhD. You make yourself look ignorant.. You have no Medical experience you did not go to medical school.
My boss: What time did you come in today?
Me: Objection! Form and foundation.
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I have been a nurse for 30 years and can definitively can tell you over the years our medical system has taken a complete shit. There used to be many many small community hospitals (with that comes competition so the person could choose from their experience what Hospital to go to) today all these hospitals have been eaten by big companies like Marshield, Mayo, healthpartners. These huge companies tell people they care and basically want them to have the Disney world experience. Yet really don’t care about anything but the bottom line. They dictate the time doctors spend with patients, what is ordered (I’ve actually had administration go to a doctor and tell them the dose of a narcotic that should be given because the husband wanted it). I hate medicine these days and am glad I’m done. When you don’t have a healthy competition people can no longer get or choose the best care possible. It’s maddening.
I'm a nurse as well, I can tell you for a fact the docs I have worked for would never have missed my notes
That's why I retired at 50 yrs old I'm not going to be part of patients sub par care . I actually knew of a Dr just like this she eventually was let go by a very good healthcare system but was allowed to practice for several years family urgent care medicine she just stopped giving a damned just like this lady was looking down on the patients !
@@Cgh432 me too! I retired 2 years ago at 50. After seeing this nightmare, I am more sure than ever I made the right decision.
You hit the nail on the head. It’s all about patient “experience”. Most folks I know would want adequate staffing vs hospital entrances that look like 5 star hotels.
Glad i am retired--They don't make 'em like they used to....
The way she skirts around simple yes or no questions is disgusting. Conveniently forgets important issues. Doesn’t want to admit any fault in any of this. Hard to believe she’s an ER doctor. She clearly feels no remorse for the man who lost his foot/leg.
It’s hard to believe she’s any kind of doctor. I wouldn’t take my pet to her !!
@@cutypieable Lol! Ditto!
Some of these questions are not yes or no questions/answers. That's why you as a Healthcare worker, OBSERVE/WRITE your opinions. She is not a specialist. She works in Uregant Care not the Emergency room.
As an RN, this is painful for me to watch. Great atty questions among constant evasivness & objections.
Conclusion: how his injury happened, and the amount of weight that fell on his knee, justified x-rays and ct scans. Because x-ray only see the bones. The likelihood of soft tissue problems very high. Plus the lack of accurate record keeping. This facility sounds like a butcher shop more than anything.
The ER doesn't fix this type of injury...they access it and refer the patient out to a specialist unless there is no pulse in the extremity which would require emergency surgery by an on call surgeon. According the ER staff, a pulse was present and the patient sent home to follow up with an ortho specialist The argument is whether the patient had a pulse in the extremity when he was at the ER. The ER staffs lack of documentation does not confirm this so I can bet with almost certainty that is what lost the hospital the case. The X-ray occurred because the ER would splint the leg if broken bones were found. They didn't take a CT scan because they do not treat internal soft tissue injuries. The orthopedic specialist would order that.
It wasn't too a door that came down on him. A spiked vehicle gate in the ground was raised when he was walking across it. And I don't understand how the original person documenting wrote that he said a gate came down on him. I think his care would have been totally different. And yes, the ER should have done CT scans, saw almost the ligaments torn, and referred to a surgeon within their hospital immediately. How hard is that?
And our system of care in the USA is atrocious!!! This doctor and most have huge egos! I couldn't stand this doctor's eye rolling, heavy breathing, and failure to answer questions with truth.
My daughter was treated at this hospital years ago…it was a Royal CF
Glad there is electronic charting now and place for progress notes.
Did you see the nurse speak? Her electronic charting was terrible
Yeah now they seem to over chart. My dad got his medical records after he had a heart attack and they had added all kinds of symptoms he never experienced, things he never told them.
I have never seen nor experienced a ER doctor go behind a PA and do another exam to assure the findings are done correctly. They wash their hands of the case but yes have to sign the record. They rarely even set eyes on these patients.
Exactly my thought! I’ve been seen by PA’s many times and after they leave that’s it. You don’t see a doctor after that.
Very true doctor s I worked with are requied to sign chart after the P.A. signiture.
everyone in all disciplines should watch this.
It’s definitely made me more conscious .
Definitely! I regularly review the Disciplinary Hearings that are made public in my profession as well!
I couldn’t agree more. I work in a dental office & all of my notes need to clarify absolutely everything because if our dr has his notes for a particular patient supoenad (sorry. Spelling😬) by the court they better be thorough or it could look bad or worse on him. It’s a good lesson in being sure to document everything possible. Although I do understand that there are things you don’t document when they are within normal limits.
ABSOLUTELY.
Wow, did she even go to medical school? Her evasiveness on answering simple medical questions and conditions is sickening - no pun intended. This video is eye opening and makes me want to study as much as I can about any condition, so I can insist on further care, tests, operations, etc so I don’t lose a limb or have to watch a loved one go through this kind of doctor’s “medical care”. She needs to wear the Hippocratic Oath on her forehead.
Everyone memorize this phrase: “DOPPLER STUDY!”
I 💯 agree
Wait until you get one of those new fancy DEI doctors... or a lawyer from a state that no longer requires the bar exam..
Med school has no courses in how to answer questions in a deposition!
I'd rather croak in my field than run into this so-called doctor in an ER. SMH
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I just want to say at the end of the day it sounds like negligence
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Agreed
They were probably more concerned that the guy wasn’t seeking pain medication. Last time I went in to E.R. I’d just had gallbladder removed and right from jump Everytime I drank a little water I threw it up and got sicker and sicker. I was supposed to have it out by Lap surgery but doc had a problem and ended up making a incision. They released me the next day and 8 days later I was still sick and went back to E.R. I sat waiting for 45 min. to see a doc to see if I could have pain meds. He walked over looked at me for about a min. and said he’s not drug seeking. Come to find out I had a bowel obstruction.and was in surgery 15 min. Later. They are taking this pain med thing to far.
Because of all the drug addicts out here going to ten different doctors and trying to get narcotics ……so the people who really need pain relief have to go without ….it’s sad and it’s sickening!!!! My poor mother suffered so badly and when all the overdoses started to happen in the earlier 2000’s her GP refused to prescribe her her pain meds after she did for ten years (she had multiple sclerosis and degenerative disc disease along with many more health issues) she had a really hard time finding a doctor who would prescribe them to her. The woman could barely get to the car let alone have to go out every single day to doctor after doctor to try to find help. The MS shots she needed cost $12,000 a MONTH so that wasn’t gonna happen!!
My momma passed away in 2015. But it still makes me sick to this day that people like her can’t get help because of all the pill heads and druggies ruining it
It'd the government taking doctors licenses away and putting them in prison, they're scared to write an rx for opioidd.
If this doctor told me the sky is blue, I would go check.
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Gotta get an appointment with this doctor. Great chance of getting a few million.
If she doesn't kill you first!
I guess that's one way of looking at things :)
.....if you even survived.
Might lose a limb
If u dont mind losing an arm leg or eye
Wow What a doctor. She didn’t review the chart for ten days but she remembers a patient she saw three years ago. She was responsible for his care. PA’s are physicians assistant for a reason they are not doctors. That is exactly why they need to be supervised by doctors
I think she reviewed and signed it after she learned that he lost his leg - and remembers the patient because she was anticipating an impending malpractice suit
This "Doctor" would have made a better politician . She is better at avoiding answering questions and blaming others than she is at "Doctoring". I hope her license was revoked.
If you think doctors lose their license for things like this you are sadly mistaken
@@NoNakersAllowed I said I hope it was revoked. It damn well should have been
This has definitely made me more conscious of my decisions.
Be careful with obstetrics....
If suspected soft tissue injury was present a MRI could have been done. Apparently pedal pulse was present and if no swelling bruising or vascular issues presented.He could have developed this issue up til a week later. Very difficult case especially for jury’s.
I disagree for the simple fact that this 'doctor' is avoiding everything...her body language SCREAMS laziness and the fact that she did a terrible job ....i bet the jury eats her a** up!!
MRI’s are done all the time to a limb with any suspected internal injuries. With those finding further testing IN THE ER would and should have been done.
It almost sounds, that this MD is working in some sort back yard clinics for toy dolls…
My son injured his leg and after an X-ray his ER dr. Ordered a MRI. I am sure glad he didn’t have this Dr.
I've been to the ER for injuries at ended up needing an MRI several times and not once did I receive an MRI at the ER. Sometimes they reccomended I go to another doctor to follow up.
@@mobileasaurus my son’s leg was so serious they were afraid he might have to have surgery. He was hospitalized for two days, maybe that is why they did the MRI. He fell through the floor boards of a house he was working on.
@@mobileasaurus in our ERs (University hospital located in Finland) X-ray and CT are first steps but if CT. Radiologists are not “afraid” to recommend MRI to be done immediately or coming days.
What comes for my own Experiences, I have always got all needed tests and then some.
I’ve worked with all specialties of physicians including ED, critical care and med surg doctors and this physician is TYPICAL of what a patient suffers. This phys. is EVASIVE AND KNOWS SHE BLEW THIS PATIENT OFF AS MANY PHYS.’S DO.
My husband is a retired thoracic surgeon. There are more good doctors than bad but when they are bad.it's a disaster.
Agreed. And it’s a shame, because there are excellent physicians out there. But sadly, it is not a “few bad apples” problem any longer. My horrific experience and near death taught me that. The ONLY way this apathetic attitude will change is if we HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. Do not accept sub-standard care.
Do not accept them deviating from the standard of care. Demand the care that you deserve and need. And if they refuse, hire a lawyer. Period. We cannot let these gatekeepers between life and death get away with this abuse any longer.
In my case, I had a brain tumor (pituitary tumor in skull base) causing all of my symptoms. I am only diagnosed now thanks to my own self advocacy and education. Prior, I was dismissed and referred to psych for YEARS, citing my anxiety as the source of my suffering.
I suffered a massive coronary fistula with not one but TWO massive aneurysms - still took another 5 years to DX me.
Wasn’t given my first Cushings Disease testing until May 2021 after specifically requesting it since November 2020.
All results were 8-10x normal, then was dismissed again, told this was due to anxiety and insomnia.
I then went to Neurosurgery at UPMC who agreed with my differential of Cushings and got their NeuroEndo to see me, as well as my pituitary MRI.
It’s Cushings Disease due to a corticotroph pituitary adenoma! Imagine that!
It’s also fatal with a prognosis of 4.5 years left untreated!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have a 5 year old son, and my heart fistula w aneurisms should have killed me. I’m on year 16, and despite me surviving, I have cerebral atrophy, hippocampal atrophy aka BRAIN DAMAGE. My brain looks like that of an MS patient or early onset Alzheimer’s. But not to worry - it’s just structural brain damage due to long term untreated hypercortisolism. SMH! I’m looking for an attorney, too.
@@Nat524Ricci You have literally been through hell. My situation was different but but I know that indifference by some doctors can lead to a death sentence. My husband and I battled royal with some who said there was nothing wrong. It wasn't until my Hmg was 3 that we got anywhere. Stage 4 ca. Went through irt a second time and survived to make them feel like a four letter word.
I'm wishing you strength and best wishes.
@@saradecapua3264 Sara, my goodness, you have been through hell! And how terrifying is it, your husband is a surgeon and even his advocacy for you couldn’t prevent the torment you endured. This is exactly what I mean by an example of unacceptable treatment and I pray more patients open their eyes and do the work it necessitates to hold these rogue physicians accountable.
It is an admirable profession but is being overrun with inept and incompetent physicians who are apathetic and cold, likely overworked and assigned too many patients and may be unable to provide the care their patients deserve in many situations.
I feel a complete overhaul/restructuring of the US for-profit medical system is way overdue.
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There are great doctors out there but what is coming out of medical schools now is disgusting. I take issue with doctors with greasy long hair dirty sneakers and rude attitudes. When my husband ws a resident, a couple residents were kicked out because they were rude to the mother of a doctor.
Most doctors are paid less than administrators. The hospitals and administrators make the most with the exception of specialists like plastic surgeons who cater to the rich and are paid cash.
My husband went to medical school in England which is more socialized medicine. You had better be rich or be ready to wait for a long time.
I honestly don't know how there could be a revamping that would allow doctors to give quality care when they are rushed, abused and [having seen the treatment they receive fro patient families] This will take extremely wise people....being a doctor is not the life you see on television.
What I can confirm, documentation is everything in the medical field, the government requires a notation of everything done to the patient.
I am multiply handicapped and have had numerous visits to the emergency room. If this Doctor, and I use the word loosely, was assigned to me, I would have left AMA. She has no idea what she is talking about, and obviously is a very careless and uncaring physician.
SHE DIDN'T READ THE CHART!!!! SHE ADMITTED SHE DIDNT READ IT BEFORE SHE SAW THE PATIENT!!!! YOU CAN'T DO THAT!!!!
Yes! I’m sure that is a major part of why the patient won the case.
Yes, and then nobody considered that the reason he wasn’t in severe pain on examination is because he had IV Dilaudid on board.
On a very different issue, my husband suffered immeasurable pain and suffering because of a horrible doctor just like this. The fact that she still is practicing medicine, is unconscionable.
Ducumentation is required by all medical staff who took cae of the patient. Admissions, Cna, license nurses. PA , Doctors ,Xray, lab etc,etc.
No it's not. The general public isn't aware of how many cases every day doctors & surgeons do this or much worse and are still allowed to practice
The face of a deceptive doctor is an angry, malicious smirk towards the prosecution.
Sociopathic
Continuing professional development and refresher training is so important and this case seems to be a good illustration of why. Without it, "professional drift" or "sloppy practice" can creep in, for example, not keeping up-to-date with developments in the field, not keeping up-to-date with nor following organisational policies and procedures, not keeping adequate and timely notes, taking short-cuts, making hasty diagnostic assumptions about presentations without gathering adequate evidence from additional tests to corroborate (or otherwise) those assumptions. When working in health care, practitioners have to keep a complete evidential trail of written records that account for and justify every decision and intervention.
Excellent point!!!
I agree 100 percent!
I've been to an ER 3 times in the past 3 years for 2 different medical problems. While sitting in a triage area, an RN asked me why I came to the ER, took my vital signs while documenting my answers. A PA (I'd seen a few days earlier in an Urgent Care for same problem) asked me for clarification of the changes that brought me to the ER, explained the tests she would order, ordered pain medication, would discuss with an MD. I was placed in an exam room by an RN, IV placed for IV antibiotic, had an ultrasound. I did not see or speak to the PA again. After all test results were available, medications given, an MD came in, introduced herself and discussed results, discharge plan, followup with my primary provider. With computer charting, all providers (RN's, PA's, MD's) sign their notes electronically. If still doing handwritten notes, each provider signs their name and title. I doubt this MD did much of a hands-on physical exam; she like most, more likely relied on the PA's exam, etc. She probably reviewed the chart briefly the day she "signed" the chart.
Except... the M.D. did a focused assessment! The M.D. discussed the plan of care with the P.A.! Normal course of events in an ER... Lots of hospitals still don't do electronic charting in the E.Ds. I just came from one Also, the physicians get their charts sent to their boxes for signatures alot.
A supervisor that doesn't have to supervise anything. This is the picture of a quack.
Do you know why a PA and a Dr both saw the patient? Double billing. All about the Benjamins.
Best comment on here!
I would like to know how she passed medical school and how she is even a licensed doctor.
Free college
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Look at these racist assumptions in the comments 🙄 😅 as if white doctors and surgeon's have done worse
Boy, racism prevailed in this thread. 😂by the way, white women were the biggest beneficiaries of affirmative action you back woods, one-eyed idiots.
I would say this was a life and limb threatening injury considering he lost his limb.
I'd be curious if he had any underlying health history (such as high cholesterol or heart abnormalities) that could have made an unlikely limb threatening injury a limb threatening injury. Any medical experts here able to answer that hypothetical?
Oh that poor man
@@employempathy.4885 🤔 Possible. An accurate pt hx would have been helpful
Damn no wonder this patient won his lawsuit. Hard to believe this woman passed her medical boards. She probably never even saw the patient or if she did half assessed the patient.
This doctor shows anger to the questioner, the questions but seems ticked by the lawyers who are there to represent her. After everything said by her reps she glares at them as if she’s looking down at them with her pious, smarter than any lawyer. I picture her sitting and letting the few others do all of the work. I can’t imagine having to go BOTHER her for one itty bitty thing because her response would be frightening. I had to replay the interview because I thought I didn’t hear properly. She barked at him with a firm nasty response “did you read page eight.” I was thrilled when he raised his voice and asked “did you?” Home run!
do you have a timecode for when this happened?
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lol best part
And these are the people who we trust with our lives..
The problem is, she never read the chart but diagnosis is dependent on the "whole history" of the patient. Lord I hope I never get an ER Dr like her.
unfortunately in the hospital you can't choose who takes care of you ...
Numbness and paresthesia are subjective pieces of information that only the patient can state, information that is based upon the patient's verbal statement. However, any limb injury requires evaluation for the 5 Ps: pulselessness, paresthesia, poikliothermia, pallor, and pain; and these must all be included in the provider's (Doctor, PA, NP) physical exam, and findings thoroughly documented. The providers suspected a fracture, as evidenced by ordering a x-ray, and the 5 Ps physical exam findings apply. In the absence of plain film fracture evidence of this patient, a MRI and CT would be the next level of patient evaluation and crucial to this patient's condition. Apparently, the patient had pain, paresthesia. The presence of pain and paresthesia requires evaluation of neuro-vascular components of symptoms; given that fracture was ruled out. The patient is in the ER with a traumatic injury to his knee-- so let's see what the injuries are while the patient is RIGHT THERE. A CT and MRI are within the imaging that takes place while a patient is in the ER. Personally, I would have dug a little deeper to see what the patient's injuries are. I would have ordered a CT and MRI. Nerve injuries and circulatory compromise must be emergently evaluated-- as in now, not as in days later. I wish the PA and the Doctor had both delved a little deeper. The only diagnosis(es) missed will be based upon the questions one fails to ask, the appropriate radiology obtained, or the questionable presentation of the patient that one fails to appreciate and evaluate.
Yikes.
You said it all perfectly
My impression is that she is right in the sense that ER treats life threading issues. I have worked in the er.
Threading
Lmao is that the only thing she’s right about?
Since when is numbness not a subjective complaint in the ER. Objective findings are MEASURABLE abnormalities or findings that are perceived by the examiner. Unless there are something like reflex exams, nerve conduction studies, etc, measurable abnormalities or findings, numbness is a subjective complaint. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Risk Management Department returned the chart for her to sign, after they found out the patient had to have an amputation.
If you wonder what arrogance, deception, dissembling, obfuscation, obtuse and guilty look like, look no further.
you forgot obesity… just saying…
Deception 4 sure
It's so infuriating how she keeps looking for approval from her lawyers after every slippery convoluted answer.
Well because she being asked to answer stupid convoluted questions crafted to get her in trouble, The thing this doctor did wrong was to thing this man was in so much pain he need iv narcotics and then be okay with the diagnosis being a sprain, you don’t give IV narcotics for a sprain. It makes no sense.
I do appreciate how none of these people throw their colleagues under the bus.
When people don’t have a great relationship with the truth. You lie, lie!!!!
Hell of a job! Thank you for putting out this content. Very helpful
What an ignorant, arrogant and irritating “so called” doctor! God save us all from this kind of ER treatment!!
And a b---h. Run if she’s working & you need an ED visit!
Rita Tinken … How in the world did she get her degree !! 🤦♀️
@@jancrawford8460 she’s a naturopathic dr.
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@@jancrawford8460 Affirmative action
I had to sue my Dr when she missed my broken wrist 2x. She read both xrays herself! The xray tech told me it looked broke both times. Went to another hsp & was diagnosed immediately with a broken wrist! Dr are ppl who have bad days but just not with me.
This doctor is a dishonest evasive disgrace to the profession.
Sounds like they need some process improvement discussions at the hospital
OMG 😳 shocking this person is a medical doctor
“This person?” She’s a board certified emergency room physician! At least call her by the title she earned!
@@doloressonazzaro8187 Dr.
@7toedcat Exactly what I was thinking.
I can see why you won this case. Doctor is very evasive and defensive
Shes so smug. Seems to be above anyone questioning her decisions.
I think she frustrated at the stupidity of the questions! This lawyer has no idea how ‘supervision’ is done by a DR of a PA. I live the term ‘gross misassumption’. He has NO CLUE how the healthcare system works.
@@slawson1991 The questions don’t sound stupid to me. Her answers sound like she’s unsure of everything
In my opinion, the doctor is not smug. I call her confident.
Compare her talking to other doctors, how other doctors talk in factual medical terms and she appears unable to do that.
False. She’s explaining in ways he can understand. I do the same thing with anyone who’s not in medical field. It’s like a whole other language to most who are not in the field. To me she did a great job.
@@DEEZVASS she did a great job of showing most people how stupid she is. There is no way in hell I would want anyone I care about to be seen where she practices medicine.
@@DEEZVASS She's in a deposition, not talking to neighbor joe.
The guy had a door come down on his leg….would worry of a crushing injury.
look at the ego of this woman. I can see that she probably never has had to answer to anyone and she almost snarling with contempt. Also, its sad to see how confused she is with straight forward questions I hope she wasnt that confused when treating her patients.
Also very manipulative replies. Trying to twist the interrogator’s words.
She’s fighting for her life. Wouldn’t you be evasive & nervous? Why should she be helpful to her own prosecution?
You just described most Dr’s.
A doctor will know what forms were used IF she actually read the WHOLE CHART. But if she just browsed thru it, depended on the PA's assessment, & then just signed the chart absentmindedly....then she was negligent in her capacity as an ER doctor.
I remember I was suppose to get an x-ray and as soon as they found that I didn't have insurance,they canceled it. I was suppose to have something else done too. But they came and said ok your done,I shrugged my shoulders and say ok bye!
I like you have no health insurance. I had very low sodium (1st I knew that was a thing) and the doctor told had me literally eat more salt and come back for a test in a week. At that time they told me if it went below a certain level that I would have to immediately be hospitalized and it was extremely serious. Well, it went well below that level, and guess what, when they realized that I didn't have insurance, hospital care was no longer mentioned. Well, I am still here so I guess the best way to stay out of the hospital is to not have insurance.
I hate that!!! I have been thru the same but interesting that the ER can be filled with large families who come in with the patient (parents, grandparents, cousins, kids, ….) but they have no medical insurance but somehow get treated.
This is the American health system, it’s all about friggin profit!
Yep because those mri's are expensive!!!
5.2 million seems more expensive than appropriate testing.
OMG ' I don't know did you look"? Wow!!!
18:20 I can't believe that woman....She is saying that the words in the chart are meaningless. What a joke she is.
It would be funny, if someone had not had a leg amputated!
Guess what, many of them don't read notes in the chart, especially nurses' notes, SHOCKER
Sad she is really sad got attitude and dont care i see nurses like that i work with some but the end of the day will have to answer to God
I just went thru a massive injury to a leg and I was checked every two hrs, for 16 days this woman is not a doctor. any one who came in to check me had a body camera on and every am me and a doctor would go over the footage and record sof the night because they were afraid of me losing my leg
Unbelievable .... the very picture of incompetence and lack of ANY sense of medical compliance and best practice standards. She doesn't appear to know what she needs to do other than "treat the patient". The poor man was discharged with a ticking bomb that should have been very evident and diagnosed prior to discharge. By the way, excellent deposition !
She done great and didn’t answer those stupid questions he was asking or trying to make her admit to things that weren’t true.
She did NOT say “Well it was December and maybe he was outside”
She would lose the entire case with her snotty attitude. When she laughs at the question and refuses to answer I want to get through my screen to smack her a good one, sad I can’t do that!
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😂😂😂😂 she did
This doc is a quack. Who doesn’t read the triage documents? Very irresponsible
If it's not documented it's not done ! One of the first thing you are taught .
People don't understand that an ER doctor is not a specialist. Tests are not done the same in the ER setting. This is why follow up with the doctor who has more time is critical. Also, our system is critically overloaded. Much of what happened here is a product of the system's design. The system needs to change.
Well said!! Thank you! ☺️
I’m not responsible for the forms, I’m responsible for the clinical care of the patient..
You mean the clinical care, or lack thereof, of the patient who needed to get an amputation?
I have to sue the surgeon who did my surgery and im just praying i win the case!! Theres a huge difference when someone in the medical field cares and when they dont. It just seems when they dont the job is mever done right . I wouldnt want anyone to go through what i have and he has patients in and out of his office.
How could someone as educated as this woman be so confused by simple straightforward questions
So painful
She's not confused. The way he's asking the questions is in a way that she admits to guilt/ negligence. If she doesn't admit to negligence she gets to keep her license.
I’d love to have this attorney - he’s so good !
🇨🇦. Her lawyer and the hospital lawyer are OBSESSIVE with their OBJECTIONS. They drive me crazy
Patients do not always leAve the ER or even admitted to hospital with a specific diagnosis...for example, a patient with Chest Pain(CP), and be admitted to hospital or discharged from ER w/ diagnosis as CP, after hospital admission, further testing confirmed may reveal an Acute Myocardial infarction...
Not saying this docs care isn't questionable...
Usually if a PA sees the patient the doc does not they just review the chart and put pain med orders if needed
Half of these comments show you’ve never worked in the healthcare field and have no concept of medical care, just like that plaintiff lawyer doesn’t. Half of his questions made no sense whatsoever.
As a psychologist working in a hospital I can verify that much of the time the chart is not available when you need to chart something. Too many people using the chart.
O.g..if the patient doesn't mention something then Nothing wrong. God help you if you go in to her ER unconscious...Please tell us
this lady is out of the medical field. She going to need some WD-40 on her rolling eyes
For sure, she is a piece of work!
Her apathy is clearly seen all over her face & heard in her speech. It appears she is very uncomfortable, likely “bothered” to have to be there.
Textbook sociopath.
Reckless, apathetic, rude, incompetent, inept, condescending, complete lack of empathy….
Typical physician these days. Gross.
Good job holding her accountable!
Man she is throwing some nasty looks at her attorneys, as if to say well are you going to object to every question
She’s not. She’s a doctor and has never been disposed. And with the many objections, she’s making sure or confused as to if she can reply. It’s common. She’s not an attorney and again she’s never been disposed.
I disagree. I believe she was always looking for validation.
Thank you so much I wish I can find a lawyer like you in New York
I feel the same way, except I need one if Florida.
Imagine you or your loved one end up in an emergency room and this animal shows up by your bed, paying no attention to you, looking at her watch, making you feel more sick and scared, talking to the nurse about everything but you, turning around and walking away.
Not sure she could accurately diagnose a paper cut.
Agreed, all should watch this.
I am a patient who self diagnosed with endogenous pituitary Cushings disease. I was correct, and it took over two years after this to become diagnosed. I was repeatedly referred to psychiatry, and my 2300hr cortisol levels of 760ng/dL (8-10x normal) were blamed on “insomnia and anxiety”
When people come to you SUFFERING and in need of medical care, HELP THEM. Or don’t, but don’t be a physician if you truly don’t give a damn.
See a doctor tomorrow possibly for Lupus. Been sick for a long time and the Doctor said she didn't want to see me and gave me to a Pa. Have been complaining for 2 years and in February became very ill. Now have to take a cardiac drug because I developed PAC's. Told her I felt like I was going to die and she laughed and said "no your not!". Looking for a good lawyer!!!
I think @Kathy White was referring to her possibly having lupus
Listening to this doctor is very scary. I don't get the talking in circles and refusing to answer simple questions as though she does not understand the question when I understand the question and I only have a high school education. The 30 minute mark it's really interesting and in my personal opinion at that point this deposition could've been wrapped up right then. Good Job by the attorney asking questions. If something ever happens to me I want him as my lawyer
There's definitely a problem at many hospitals with ERs where they believe there right and they don't do anything extra to make sure the patient is safe to go home. I went to the ER in my home town with extreme pain from the outside area of my knee I told the nurse that I think I have a blood clot she asked why I thought that and I told her because I had a arterial bypass in that exact spot then the doctor came in I told him the same thing he used his fingers and a doppler to check for pulses in my foot and told me it wasn't a blood clot he thought it was a screw backing out of the bone and set an appointment with a bone doctor for 2 days later I argued with him and repeatedly told him he was wrong he discharged me and said to go to the appointment they set up. I went home in horrible pain I was up all night I did my driving job the next morning and within a couple hours I called my wife and told her it was getting worse and to come pick me up and bring me to a different ER which happened to be Dartmouth Hitchcock medical hospital in New Hampshire. I was brought straight in so a doctor could evaluate me and was rushed straight to surgery because of a blood clot and ended up with another arterial bypass. The doctor at Dartmouth also used his fingers then a doppler the thing the first ERs mistake was while using the doppler they didn't use a blood pressure cuff. When Dartmouth had the doppler right on the spot to hear my pulse they could hear loud and clear but as soon as they put the blood pressure cuff on the pulse went away they didn't even inflat the cuff. If the first ER would have taken the few extra seconds to do the procedure correctly maybe a stint would have worked I'll never no. The point is to many people die and are harmed because ER doctors don't do there job.
I'm just gonna say this once...
YTF does a hospital ER have a hired Registrar, a RN Triage Nurse, a PA, ALL taking information & examining Mr Tolson, if the ER Dr doesn't F'n have the wherefore all to READ THE GD F'n CHART???? That alone is MEDICAL MALPRACTICE! OMFG! UGH! 🤯😱🤬
That’s actually good. She’s not relying on what others tell her. She’s asking the patient directly and doing her own exam. That’s good.
@@salaciouslysalacious3021 Actually, the Dr should have done both! That is why you have pt charts w/their history to begin with & all these steps so the Dr can gets the full picture, i.e. vitals, allergies, test results, etc. Because there is always something you may not think to ask, but one of your predecessors did. 😉👍💜
@@itchiefeetadventures I’m not saying she shouldn’t have. I’m saying doing an independent exam and history is fine too
@@salaciouslysalacious3021 Absolutely! 😊
Her examination needs to be independent in order to make an objective picture. Yes after that certainly discuss the findings with colleagues both nurses Nd doctors.
Easiest lawsuit win ever. Not to discredit your hard work, but this doctor is a REAL charmer…
She says you gotta look at the whole picture but she keeps repeating that the positive pulses (which I doubt she ever checked) then it’s ok to isolate that false single test and decide that his blood flow was fine!
Yikes!! I’m a nurse this is making me angry and crazy
I’d be 💩ing my 👖 if I seen her walking towards me now!! She’s doesn’t seem knowledgeable enough, just going with the flow!!
Aren't you amazed that the lawyer keeps his composure? I would have a hard time not to laugh in her face... Come on lady how are you so dense?
I’m curious if Social Security Administration also paid out on this patient through workmen’s comp. The injury occurred at work.
We’re you the Attorneys on both cases?
Compartment syndrome equals increased pain, loss of blood flow, and decreased circulation by having a cold foot. This patient had pulses present, but the application of the brace could cause tingling and a rigid foot. There will be palpable pulses. The Medical Director and C-Suite know where the forms come from and how the documents are approved unless there is a Corporation.
If you don’t work in the ER you don’t know what is required regarding their requirements for documentation. It sounds like they documented by exception in an ER.
All I see are negative comments towards this woman, I’m a nurse and don’t understand a lot of this mans questions. I’ve never worked in an ER but he clearly doesn’t have any understanding of how charting or supervisory positions work in the healthcare field. I feel like people saying she is dumb or incompetent is wrong because they don’t understand her answers. There may have been neglect but we can’t tell that from this testimony. So I’m glad to finally see someone stick up for her.
I wish nurses in the comments would get together and speak out. People just blindly trusting them,knowing they are giving less than desirable care for profit over all. So sad