> A cardiologist was asked to attend urgently to a patient who had > developed cardiac tamponade (vitals were stable at this point). She > refused to put in a needle until a 'code' was called because in a > code whatever you do you cannot be sued.
I don't know how the particular individual behaved in this circumstance, but the claim that you can't be sued regardless of behavior in New York State if a patient has coded is (so far as I can tell) factually inaccurate. Perry
