Behavioral Emergencies Expert Witnesses

Los Angeles, California

Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medical Services - prehospital care, behavioral emergencies, emergency room nurse, suicide attempt prevention in the ER, crisis prevention, UCLA emergency room nurse, fall prevention, ER Nurse, ER RN, long wait time in the ER, managing escalating behavior, triage fallouts, emergency nurse, behavioral detainment

My experience gives me an in depth understanding of the standard of care in the emergency care setting- including managing patients in crisis, and the processes generally taken to preventing crisis escalation. I am an expert at the standards used in the urgent care setting of identifying subtle signs leading to acute symptoms like sepsis, stroke and other dangerous health issues. I thoroughly understand the triage process from every level of intake for emergent need and timely care. I am an expert of the standards of patient safety through collaboration with the charge nurse, physicians, colleagues, security, and other members of the healthcare team. I am also an expert in behavioral emergencies, mental health, suicide prevention, and the safe use of restraints, ensuring that patient safety is paramount and general guidelines and standards are met. With 23 years of experience as an emergency room nurse, 20 years as mobile intensive care nurse for prehospital care and 7 years spent ...