Fitness to Drive Post Stroke: A Physician's Perspective
Fitness to Drive Post Stroke: A Physician's Perspective Fitness to Drive Post Stroke: A Physician's Perspective
• The family doctor and neurologist were named as third parties by the patient’s t’ auto insurer and were also sued by the accident victims. The basis for their claim was that the physicians failed to report the patient to the Ministry of Transportation.
• Expert testimony from a family physician maintained that it was his practice to report seizure disorders and cardiac dysrhythmias which might result in syncope. He maintained that most cases like that of the patient in question were not reported by family physicians. In his opinion, i even if the Ministry i of Transport had been advised and suspended his license, it likely would have been restored on the basis of the family doctor’s findings when he allowed the patient to resume driving although he may have been subjected to a driver examination.
- Page 1 and 2: FITNESS TO DRIVE POST STROKE A Phys
- Page 3 and 4: What does the Legislation have to s
- Page 5 and 6: What does the Legislation have to s
- Page 7 and 8: What does the C.P.S.O. have to say?
- Page 9 and 10: What does the C.M.P.A. have to say?
- Page 11 and 12: What does the C.M.P.A. have to say?
- Page 13 and 14: National Medical Standards • Deve
- Page 16 and 17: The Process • Incoming reports sc
- Page 18 and 19: The Process • Medical Review Sect
- Page 20 and 21: Common Problems 1. Transient ischem
- Page 22 and 23: Stroke • Following an event resul
- Page 24 and 25: Cerebral aneurysm. • Aneurysms th
- Page 26 and 27: Seizures Type of Seizure • Single
- Page 28 and 29: Vision • Acuity: Corrected binocu
- Page 30 and 31: Factors to consider when assessing
- Page 32 and 33: Question to MTO With respect to the
- Page 34 and 35: Response A driver who is reported b
- Page 36 and 37: CASE REPORT
- Page 38 and 39: • The neurologist reviewed the pa
- Page 42 and 43: • A neurologist gave expert testi
- Page 44 and 45: RESPONSIBILITY • Patient 40% •
- Page 46: LESSONS • Courts unmoved by expla
• Expert testimony from a family physician<br />
maintained that it was his practice <strong>to</strong> report<br />
seizure disorders and cardiac dysrhythmias<br />
which might result in syncope. He maintained<br />
that most cases like that of the patient in question<br />
were not reported by family physicians. In his<br />
opinion, i even if the Ministry i of Transport had<br />
been advised and suspended his license, it likely<br />
would have been res<strong>to</strong>red on the basis of the<br />
family doc<strong>to</strong>r’s findings when he allowed the<br />
patient <strong>to</strong> resume driving although he may have<br />
been subjected <strong>to</strong> a driver examination.
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