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EMTALA: Ethics and the Law

 

Dr. Em & Dr. Taul's
Emergency Room Adventure

 

Case 3 answer

The most appropriate arrangement is?

  1. (Incorrect) Check to see if your unit is on the list of facilities authorized to provide services to the baby by his mother's managed care company.

    The receiving facilities must accept and treat patients if they have space, qualified personnel, and specialized capabilities or facilities. It is unlawful to check insurance status to facilitate your decision. The patients' family may, of course, state preferences for a particular facility in consideration of the provision of their manage care company.
     

  2. (Correct) Immediately dispatch the neonatal transport team to pick up the infant and bring them to the neonatal intensive care unit.

    Receiving facilities must accept and treat patients if they have space, qualified personnel, and specialized capabilities or facilities.
     

  3. (Incorrect) Refer the call to another intensive care unit at a different facility because you suspect that the infant will have no health coverage and the other hospital is probably a few miles closer to the referring facility.

    The receiving facilities must accept and treat patients if they have space, qualified personnel, and specialized capabilities or facilities. It is unlawful to check insurance status to facilitate your decision. The patients' family may, of course, state preferences for a particular facility in consideration of the provisions of their managed care company.

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