Medicolegal Cases with Prof Anne-Maree Kelly

• Must demonstrate negligence AND injury/poor outcome
• Document your “thought processes” – eg: Well’s score in PE
• Appreciate the benefit of hindsight
• Appreciate the risk of “reviewing” junior doctor’s patients – make sure you ask any additional/appropriate questions

EXACT Trial: 100% vs titrated O2 post-cardiac arrest

• Intubated by AV…marker on ETT to identify which arm of study
• Stops when aptient arrives in ICU
• Remind your team!
• If patient unstable/re-arrests…treat patient as required