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KMID : 1234820090100010389
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Korean Society of Law and Medicine
2009 Volume.10 No. 1 p.389 ~ p.420
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A Study on the Interhospital Transfer of Emergency Patients
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Lee Jae-Yeol
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Abstract
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Main Issue of Supreme Court Decision 2005Da16713 Delivered on June 24, 2005 is about the duty of medical care in the interhospital transfer of patients. According to the above Supreme Court Decision, in the interhospital transfer of patients, the decision to transfer should make from the aspect of medical treatment. The hospitals and doctors keep the duty of medical care. In addition to the duty for hospitals/doctors to check the capacity and availability of the hospital to which the patient is transferred, there are also duties to inform about emergency medical service and to sufficiently explain the need for the transfer, the medical conditions of the patient to be transferred and the hospital from which the patient is transferred. The hospital to which the patient is transferred must be thoroughly informed about matters such as the patient’s conditions, the treatment the patient was given and reasons for transfer. including information upon referral, completeness of medical records, patient monitoring and so on. The interhospital transfer requires the consent of doctor belonging to the hospital to which the patient is transferred after the consideration of capacity and availability of the hospital and the informed consent of patients or legal representatives
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KEYWORD
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Interhospital transfer, The duty of medical care in the interhospital transfer, Emergency Medical Service, Emergency Medical Service Act
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