Abstract In cases involving medical issues, the medicolegal consultation, comprising history-taking and examination, supplemented sometimes by tests or investigations and, wherever possible, information from an informant, lies at the heart…
Abstract It is from the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) or Ireland’s Health Service Executive or public voluntary hospitals that you are likely to start your expert witness career. Be…
Abstract In AWLP, the GMC states: ‘You should consider undertaking training for the role (of expert witness)’. This does not go far enough. You must be trained: Chapter 3 Training,…
Abstract There is a world of difference between an agricultural land tribunal (ALT) held in the bar of a country hotel and an Old Bailey murder trial. The ALT panel…
Abstract At least since 1282, when a coroner called a surgeon to advise whether an arrow injury to the chest could be fatal (Sayles 1936), doctors have been needed to…
Amna Sheikh and Amandeep S. Dolla Abstract Chest tubes are plastic tubes inserted into the pleural cavity for drainage of fluid or air. This chapter will explain the indications, contraindications,…
David F. Slottje, Adam D. Fox, and Matthew Vibbert Abstract Cricothyrotomy (aka cricothyroidotomy) is an emergent procedure, performed in order to establish an airway in a patient with respiratory failure…
John W. Liang, Elena Solli, and David A. Wyler Abstract Endotracheal intubation is a key skill in the neurointensivist toolbox. The neurocritical care patient demands additional attention to blood pressure…
Michael Cohen, Irene Say, and Robert F. Heary Abstract Cervical traction is the placement of weighted cervical tongs commonly used to quickly reduce traumatic fracture-dislocations of the cervical spine and…
Ahmed M. Meleis and John W. Liang Abstract Centrally inserted central venous catheters, or “central lines,” are a common and useful tool in the Neuro-ICU. Here the following topics related…
