Doctors in the Emergency Department have to diagnose and treat a high volume of patients and are also responsible for preparing reports for forensic cases. Thus, any act of omission or commission of a doctor which advances health risks of critically ill patients may be charged with breach of duty of a doctor. Hence, learning medical indemnity policy is important to practice in the emergency department to avoid any medicolegal consequences. What are those possible situations of medical importance?
Doctors duty is to treat the patient, whereas the duty of the police is to rule out if there is any criminal incidence to avoid nuisance and for smooth conduct. Henceforth, it is mandatory to inform any local police/ legal authorities/ law enforces. The situations where informing law authorities is compulsory are tetanus, gas gangrene, head injury, significant burns/violence having multiple…
