Stroke Fallouts Expert Witnesses

Los Angeles, California

Emergency Medicine, Nurse - prehospital care, behavioral health, 5150, suicide prevention, crisis prevention, stroke fallouts, fall prevention, ER Nurse UCLA, sepsis, ER overcrowding, triage errors, triage fallouts, restraints, behavioral detainment, Safety injury prevention, misdiagnosis, triage in crisis, breach in standard of care, duty of care, psychosocial

As a current charge nurse, clinical nurse, triage nurse, and Mobile Intensive Care Nurse (MICN) at a Level I Trauma Center, I bring over 23 years of emergency nursing experience, with advanced expertise in triage precision, stroke activation, psychiatric crisis management, and maintaining safety during emergency department overcrowding. I provide comprehensive care coordination from EMS field communication to hospital-based critical decision-making. I am a recognized expert in the triage process, with advanced proficiency in applying the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) to determine clinical urgency and anticipate resource needs. I have extensive experience identifying and preventing triage errors, particularly in high-volume settings where subtle but life-threatening presentations—such as early stroke, sepsis, or myocardial infarction—may be overlooked. I provide expert insight into common pitfalls in triage, including under-triaging of time-sensitive conditions, failure to recogniz...

New York

Emergency Medicine, Nurse - prehospital care, behavioral health, 5150, suicide prevention, crisis prevention, stroke fallouts, fall prevention, ER Nurse UCLA, sepsis, ER overcrowding, triage errors, triage fallouts, restraints, behavioral detainment, Safety injury prevention, misdiagnosis, triage in crisis, breach in standard of care, duty of care, psychosocial

As a current charge nurse, clinical nurse, triage nurse, and Mobile Intensive Care Nurse (MICN) at a Level I Trauma Center, I bring over 23 years of emergency nursing experience, with advanced expertise in triage precision, stroke activation, psychiatric crisis management, and maintaining safety during emergency department overcrowding. I provide comprehensive care coordination from EMS field communication to hospital-based critical decision-making. I am a recognized expert in the triage process, with advanced proficiency in applying the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) to determine clinical urgency and anticipate resource needs. I have extensive experience identifying and preventing triage errors, particularly in high-volume settings where subtle but life-threatening presentations—such as early stroke, sepsis, or myocardial infarction—may be overlooked. I provide expert insight into common pitfalls in triage, including under-triaging of time-sensitive conditions, failure to recogniz...