Comments on: Lufthansa’s new selling point: "There is a doctor on board" http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: brooklynjonhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is.html#comment-83921 brooklynjon Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:55:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is-a-doctor-on-board.html#comment-83921 I generally let the flight attendants know, as I board, that I'm a physician, in case of an emergency. Ours may be a society in which people look to take advantage of one another, but refusing to take care of a person having a medical emergency in flight is just pushing society further in that direction. The only compensation I expect is good karma, which is convertible into finding parking spaces in midtown Manhattan. I generally let the flight attendants know, as I board, that I’m a physician, in case of an emergency. Ours may be a society in which people look to take advantage of one another, but refusing to take care of a person having a medical emergency in flight is just pushing society further in that direction. The only compensation I expect is good karma, which is convertible into finding parking spaces in midtown Manhattan.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is.html#comment-78629 Anonymous Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:36:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is-a-doctor-on-board.html#comment-78629 1) Lufthansa carries insurance to indemnify you in event of a claim. <br/>2) Today, the first SIX advertisements are for medical malpractice attorneys!! What give's! You are worried about providing emergency medical care over the Atlantic, and you have 6 ads for malpractice attorneys on the same page. You guys need a course in risk management. The risk isn't on an airplane, its ON THIS WEBSITE! 1) Lufthansa carries insurance to indemnify you in event of a claim.
2) Today, the first SIX advertisements are for medical malpractice attorneys!! What give’s! You are worried about providing emergency medical care over the Atlantic, and you have 6 ads for malpractice attorneys on the same page. You guys need a course in risk management. The risk isn’t on an airplane, its ON THIS WEBSITE!

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is.html#comment-68661 Anonymous Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:32:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is-a-doctor-on-board.html#comment-68661 Lufthansa is carrying insurance to cover anyone who registers so you would actually be in a better position. Lufthansa is carrying insurance to cover anyone who registers so you would actually be in a better position.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is.html#comment-68353 Anonymous Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:06:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is-a-doctor-on-board.html#comment-68353 Jim Sokolove. Though he doesn't actually sodomize. Hes a figure on TV who outsources plaintiffs when they call him. He makes his money from the referrals. And from the fact that his wife makes a fortune as the owner of "Stephanies" restaurant on Newbury Street in Boston. Docs should really boycott that place. I actually diud my residency with his nephew, who believe it or not was a cool guy, despite his Auschwitz like last name. Jim Sokolove. Though he doesn’t actually sodomize. Hes a figure on TV who outsources plaintiffs when they call him. He makes his money from the referrals. And from the fact that his wife makes a fortune as the owner of “Stephanies” restaurant on Newbury Street in Boston. Docs should really boycott that place. I actually diud my residency with his nephew, who believe it or not was a cool guy, despite his Auschwitz like last name.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is.html#comment-68348 Anonymous Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:36:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is-a-doctor-on-board.html#comment-68348 A really shitty one. Just ask Joe Sokolove. A really shitty one. Just ask Joe Sokolove.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is.html#comment-68339 Anonymous Wed, 01 Nov 2006 18:01:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is-a-doctor-on-board.html#comment-68339 From reading all this, isn't it sad the physicians can't offer medical aid - on the road, in the air, on a ship - without fear of lawsuit? I would think that the general population would welcome any type of help whatsoever, but these professionals will hold back for fear of the consequences of their help? What type of society do we live in? From reading all this, isn’t it sad the physicians can’t offer medical aid – on the road, in the air, on a ship – without fear of lawsuit? I would think that the general population would welcome any type of help whatsoever, but these professionals will hold back for fear of the consequences of their help? What type of society do we live in?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is.html#comment-68335 Anonymous Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:19:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is-a-doctor-on-board.html#comment-68335 If they were on call for the hospital and they were trained in Neurosurgery, they certainly can be sued for failure to act. It's onme of the problems in several of the raped specialties: You can be sued if you come to that fork in the road, and choose either path. These Neurosurgeons could have been sued if they did the surgery and had a bad outcome. The example in my specialty. Emergency Medicine, is TPA. If you give a patient TPA and they bleed to death, you can be sued, even if you explained the risks. If you withhold TPA, due to the bleeing risks, you can be sued for withholding treatment. So you pray that nobody comes to the ER with that problem. If they were on call for the hospital and they were trained in Neurosurgery, they certainly can be sued for failure to act. It’s onme of the problems in several of the raped specialties: You can be sued if you come to that fork in the road, and choose either path. These Neurosurgeons could have been sued if they did the surgery and had a bad outcome. The example in my specialty. Emergency Medicine, is TPA. If you give a patient TPA and they bleed to death, you can be sued, even if you explained the risks. If you withhold TPA, due to the bleeing risks, you can be sued for withholding treatment. So you pray that nobody comes to the ER with that problem.

]]> By: cdclledhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is.html#comment-68326 cdclled Wed, 01 Nov 2006 07:10:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is-a-doctor-on-board.html#comment-68326 I didn't realize you could be sued for refusing to operate in situations where you felt you were not capable of doing the job correctly. I read an article a woman in North Carolina who died in the hospital because no neurosurgeons would operate because they considered the surgery too high risk and were afraid of getting sued if it turned out badly. Can you get sued for not doing an emergency surgery? What if the specific care the patient needs is something you haven't had experience with since your residency 20 years ago. Surely the lawyers don't think you should try it anyway? I didn’t realize you could be sued for refusing to operate in situations where you felt you were not capable of doing the job correctly. I read an article a woman in North Carolina who died in the hospital because no neurosurgeons would operate because they considered the surgery too high risk and were afraid of getting sued if it turned out badly. Can you get sued for not doing an emergency surgery? What if the specific care the patient needs is something you haven’t had experience with since your residency 20 years ago. Surely the lawyers don’t think you should try it anyway?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is.html#comment-68319 Anonymous Wed, 01 Nov 2006 03:12:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is-a-doctor-on-board.html#comment-68319 Then you merely avoid one more bogus claim in a lawsuit...or do you? Someone will probably hold you accountable for not doing that thoracotomy with a spork. That would be an error of omission. I never travel as a "doctor" on the flight manifest. Care is all or none in this circumstance. The flight attendants can hold the passengers hand as well as I can. <br/><br/>I wonder what the percentage of lawyers on airline flights is? I'm sure many are more than capable of managing any medical emergency based on the claims I have seen in lawsuits. And I'm sure they could fly the plane too if the pilot passed out. Then you merely avoid one more bogus claim in a lawsuit…or do you? Someone will probably hold you accountable for not doing that thoracotomy with a spork. That would be an error of omission. I never travel as a “doctor” on the flight manifest. Care is all or none in this circumstance. The flight attendants can hold the passengers hand as well as I can.

I wonder what the percentage of lawyers on airline flights is? I’m sure many are more than capable of managing any medical emergency based on the claims I have seen in lawsuits. And I’m sure they could fly the plane too if the pilot passed out.

]]> By: cdclledhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is.html#comment-68317 cdclled Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:57:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/lufthansas-new-selling-point-there-is-a-doctor-on-board.html#comment-68317 Non-doctor here...<br/>Could you not just enroll in the program and practice "conservative" medicine in case of an emergency? Obviously if you try to perform an in-flight thoracotomy and botch it you would be a target for a lawsuit, but what if you merely provide stabilization until more help arrives? Non-doctor here…
Could you not just enroll in the program and practice “conservative” medicine in case of an emergency? Obviously if you try to perform an in-flight thoracotomy and botch it you would be a target for a lawsuit, but what if you merely provide stabilization until more help arrives?

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