Write a 1,000-1,250 word paper in which you analyze a scenariousing the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act(EMTALA).
You are the administrator on call for Hospital A and areresponsible for accepting and rejecting patients. You receive acall at 2:00am from Health Hosptial B regarding a patient with asevered ear.
The ED physician is calling to arrange an EMTALA-qualifiedtransfer from his hospital to yours, but the ENT physician on callat your hospital is refusing to accept the transfer, stating thatthe patient does not need a higher level of care.
You call your ENT on call and he admits he has just had threeglasses of wine and will not be available for about 6 hours. Youelectronically send him the record that Health Hospital B wouldsend with the patient. The ENT physician advises that the ear lookssalvageable and could easily be sutured in any ED. The ED physicianat Health Hospital B is ver nervous about the possibility of anEMTALA violation.
1. If you decide to reject the patient, is this a violation ofEMTALA? Explain.
2. What decision will you make as the administrator?Explain.
3. Based on this scenario, what could be implemented to preventthis type of situation from occurring in the future?
4. Under what scenario would the Hospital A physician beconcerned about an EMTALA situation?
