Introduction
If you are thinking about becoming a critical care medicine expert witness you might wonder what types of cases you may be asked to work on. Below are 22 examples of cases where a critical care medicine (ICU) physician might be needed as an expert witness.
Examples of cases where a critical care medicine physician might serve as an expert witness:
- Medical malpractice cases involving pain during dialysis and the administration of glucose without checking blood sugar levels;
- Medical malpractice cases involving right vertebral artery dissections;
- Medical malpractice cases involving the causes and long terms effects of strokes;
- Workers’ compensation cases involving whether an aneurysm could have ruptured as a result of a fall;
- Medical malpractice cases involving the appropriate care of a patient presenting with abdominal pain and complicated diverticulitis;
- Personal injury cases involving the diagnosis and causation of L.Pneumophila;
- Medical malpractice cases involving delays in care post-seizure event;
- Medical malpractice cases involving failure to diagnose lung cancer and the subsequent effect on life expectancy;
- Medical malpractice cases involving the standard of care for NT suctioning;
- Medical malpractice cases involving the delay in diagnosis and treatment of a retroperitoneal bleed post-operatively;
- Medical malpractice cases involving the standard of care for administering labetalol to a patient with asthma and COPD;
- Medical malpractice cases involving the delay in diagnosis of a chondrosarcoma and whether the delay caused harm;
- Medical malpractice cases involving necrotizing enterocolitis in an infant;
- Medical malpractice cases involving the standard of care for management aspiration risk and respiratory care;
- Medical malpractice cases involving the causation of respiratory decline;
- Medical malpractice cases involving the management of a patient with sickle cell disease;
- Medical malpractice cases involving the treatment of sepsis;
- Medical malpractice cases involving the transfer of emergent patients;
- Deliberate indifference cases involving the delay in treating bilateral pulmonary emboli;
- Medical malpractice cases involving the treatment of infections;
- Medical malpractice cases involving the placement of a percutaneous tracheostomy;
- Medical malpractice cases involving intubation.
Conclusion
Expert witness work for critical care medicine physicians typically pays $600+/hr and can involve a variety of issues. Critical care medicine expert witnesses may be asked to opine on medical malpractice cases – both standard of care and causation, deliberate indifference cases, personal injury cases and workers’ compensation cases.
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About the Author
Kelly J. Wilbur, Esq. is the Vice President of SEAK, Inc – The Expert Witness Training Company. SEAK helps experts get started, teaches experts how to excel at their work and helps experts obtain case assignments. Kelly has trained hundreds of expert witnesses including many critical care medicine (ICU) expert witnesses. Kelly can be reached at 781-491-6802 or kelly@seak.com. For more information on SEAK, Inc. – The Expert Witness Training Company, visit www.testifyingtraining.com
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