Interactions with law enforcement in the ED can be confusing. What are the emergency physician's legal responsibilities? How can we ensure our patients are getting quality care? Dr. Hannah Janeway, Dr. Shamsher Samra, and attorney Ji Seon Song sit down with host Kate Joyce to discuss the philosophical and practical challenges faced by EM physicians.

OVERVIEW
Lines can blur when you're advocating for your patients, maintaining a safe environment in the ED, and working with law enforcement. Listen in to understand your responsibilities, your rights, and those of your patients.

Mentioned in this episode

• Working Group on Policing and Patient Rights. Police in the Emergency Department - A Medical Provider Toolkit for Protecting Patient Privacy. 2021.
• Ji Seon Song. Policing the Emergency Room. Harvard Law Review. June 2021. 
• Frontline Wellness Network @FrntWellNetwork
• Burrington-Brown J. The Arrest of a Nurse in Utah and Relevant Laws. AHiMA. 
• Soley-Cerra A, Knight N. Man Fatally Shot by Police at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is ID'd. KTLA. December 2015. 
• Cops Out of Care Spaces

Other Resources & Organizations

• LoConte M. Yes, Officer: Law Enforcement in the Emergency Department. May 2020.  
• Jacoby S, Kaufman E, Richmond T, Holena D. When Health Care and Law Enforcement Intersect in Trauma Care, What Rules Apply? Health Affairs. 2018.  
• EMRA. Emergency Medicine Advocacy Handbook. 2019.
• JusticeLA Coalition 
• American Hospital Association. Guidelines for Releasing Patient Information to Law Enforcement. 2018.
• Tobey M, Simon L. Who should make decisions for underrepresented patients who are incarcerated? AMA Journal of Ethics. 2019;21(7).
• American College of Emergency Physicians. Policy on Law Enforcement Information Gathering in the Emergency Department. Revised June 2017 and April 2020. 
• Iserson KV, Allan NG, Geiderman JM, Goett RR. Audiovisual Recording in the Emergency Department: Ethical and Legal Issues. Am J Emerg Med. 2019;37(12):2248-2252.
• Physicians for Criminal Justice Reform