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RE: [RC] [RC] pregnant and riding - Peery, SandraTitle: RE: [RC] [RC] pregnant and ridingI'm going to weigh in on this one also. I'm in my first year of medical school currently and we are already being taught how to cover ourselves in regards to malpractice insurance and what not. We've had several classes on it and they incorporate it into other things also. For instance, yesterday we went through what is called DOCS. It is basically a test on how well we play doctor. They have rooms set up as exam rooms that have one way glass so that the professor grading us can watch from outside. He/she also has a set of earphones so that they can here us. One student plays the patient and are given a sheet that has all the patient problems, history, etc on it while the other student is the doctor and has to conduct the interview and exam. If the student who is the doctor does not tell the "patient" at the conclusion to return to the office and/or go to the ER if his/her symptoms persist or get worse then we get docked points for that. Even though most people with common sense know to do that, we could get sued by John Doe saying that he didn't know to go to the ER because the doctor didn't tell him. Just like a woman could later sue her doctor because they told her she could ride and she then lost the baby or it was born and wasn't normal after she suffered any type of horse related accident, no matter how minor.
While we do care immensely about lives and protecting people, we also know clearly that we can tell people all day long not to do certain things and people are still going to do them. Every day doctors have to tell people not to smoke, exercise, eat right, etc, etc, etc even when we know from their past histories or just plain statistics that they are not going to listen.
Unfortunately, we are also people who have children, houses, cars, horses, and these things all require us to work and make money in order to support. So, in order to continue making money and keep my livelyhood, I am sure I will have to tell you and other patients not to ride while you are pregnant, in addition to making sure you know to take your prenatal vitamins, don't smoke and don't drink, either. From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Tracey Lomax Sent: Fri 2007-02-16 01:01 To: 'Diane Trefethen'; 'Ridecamp' Subject: RE: [RC] [RC] pregnant and riding Diane wrote:
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