Emergency, Wilderness & Dive Medicine Expert Witness Blog

What the Presence or Absence of Shivering Indicates in Hypothermia Cases

Shivering can help contextualize hypothermia, but clinicians weigh temperature, mental status, vitals, exposure history, and record evidence together.

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Standard of Care in Emergency Medicine

Why ED malpractice risk feels high: standard of care is case-specific, expert-driven, and hindsight-prone.

What is a Heart Attack in Emergency Medicine?

Heart attack explained: causes, symptoms, classifications, complications, and what to do fast.

What is Diabetes in Emergency Medicine?

Recognize, test, and treat hypoglycemia, DKA, and HHS in the ED with safe monitoring steps.

The Physiological Progression of Hypothermia

Hypothermia explained: heat loss, stages, heart risks, and safe staging, measuring, rewarming.

When Cardiac Arrest Is the Cause of Death vs. a Symptom

Cardiac arrest on death records: cause vs mechanism, triggers, heart attack differences, CPR steps.

Thermoregulatory Capacity and Why It Varies by Patient

Why thermoregulation fails, why it varies by patient, and how to assess and treat heat/cold illness.

Proximate Cause vs. Contributing Cause in Emergency Medicine Cases

ER malpractice causation explained: proximate vs contributing cause, delays, experts, and intervening acts.

What Is Medical Causation of Death in Emergency Medicine and How Physicians Analyze Evidence in a Case

ED death certificates when evidence is thin: build defensible cause-of-death chains, document uncertainty.

Explain Complex Medical Concepts in Plain English

If you have a case involving emergency medicine, wilderness, or dive medicine, call 904.219.7375 or send a message. I review civil and criminal cases for both plaintiff and defense attorneys and can give you a quick assessment of the medical evidence. I usually respond within an hour.