Estate ex rel. Campbell v. Calhoun Health Services

DICKINSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. After John Sykes died in the emergency room (ER) of Calhoun Health Services (CHS), his estate sued the hospital for wrongful death, claiming Sykes should have been hooked up to a cardiac monitor. The trial judge1 held the estate had failed to prove that CHS had deviated from the applicable standard of care, and had failed to prove that use of a cardiac monitor would have made a difference. We affirm.

FACTS AND BACKGROUND

¶ 2. CHS’s triage policy — a process used to prioritize emergency-room care — requires a registered nurse to obtain information…