First off, why would it have to be an ER doctor sharing such difficult details/info with her father when advising of her death? --- it's more plausible to me that the attending ER doc would have been providing the family with frequent updates....and I don't think there's anything wrong or lawsuit-worthy *if* an attending ER doc tells the family member of a gravely ill patient what he's observed upon doing an assessment. My understanding is that she was there at the hospital for at least a couple of hours, that she didn't arrive there deceased, she was alive when she arrived and the did spend at least a couple of hours treating her/trying to save her life. There's absolutely nothing wrong with a doctor revealing difficult info to a parent/family member; in this case (if true), that it appears some kind of accelerant was poured down her throat/up her nose. Maybe this info was revealed because they were unable to intubate her (put in a breathing tube, down the mouth/throat into airways) due to severe swelling in the back of the throat/unable to visual vocal cords due to severe trauma/swelling to the cords due (from accelerant/burns).......and instead they had to insert a trach instead....and the doctor was asked by the family why they were unable to intubate her....and that's when the doc explained that there were burns in throat, swelling, vocal cords swollen, etc. Why on earth would an ER doc be terminated and the medical facility he was working at be at risk for a lawsuit all because he shared his observations of patient with her immediate family?