Guest guest Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 Group, It's been 3 years since we brought this up, long enough for new and enlightened opinions. Do you have AED's in your free standing PT clinics? Do you get advice from local EMS crews regarding the need in your settings. Have any clinics who have them, actually used it? Any and all feedback greatly appreciated! Jeff Wheeler PT, GCS Inpatient Therapy Supervisor Highline Med. Ctr./Highline Therapy Services 206 248-4651 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Jeff, At Henry Ford Health Systems in Detroit, all our outpatient clinics have an AED either in the clinic or in their building, if that building also houses additional medical services. When EMTALA laws became effective several years ago, I believe that EMTALA stipulates that we should be able to provide these services, consistent with all available services in our organization. I am by no means a legal scholar when it comes to EMTALA law, however since you are located in an inpatient setting, I suggest you inquire with your legal and risk management department. We have been fortunate enough that to date we have not had to use them. All our staff is CPR certified under the American Heart Association's standards for health care providers, which include training in the use of AEDs. van Well, PT Regional Rehab Manager Henry Ford Health System _____ From: PTManager [mailto:PTManager ] On Behalf Of Jeff Wheeler Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 4:58 PM To: PTManager; Hpa-List Subject: AED 's in clinics Group, It's been 3 years since we brought this up, long enough for new and enlightened opinions. Do you have AED's in your free standing PT clinics? Do you get advice from local EMS crews regarding the need in your settings. Have any clinics who have them, actually used it? Any and all feedback greatly appreciated! Jeff Wheeler PT, GCS Inpatient Therapy Supervisor Highline Med. Ctr./Highline Therapy Services 206 248-4651 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 We have one in our clinic and we are sub attached to a hospital. However we are too far for a code blue or crash cart to get here in a timely manner, we do not have ambulances on standby all the time either. So we bought an AED, brand. One of our ortho docs says it's not if but when a patient will go down with a post op embolism, and even though an AED might not save them we want to be able to do everything we can if a patient doesn't have a heart beat. Ours also monitors EKG info while it is on. Kim Granhaug, OTR, CHT Christus St. Hospital Katy, TX 7450 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 We do have AED's in our free standing clinics. We feel that having them is a no-brainer. We would rather have one and never need it than to not have one and need it. It would be well worth the expense if used even once. Also, with AED's becoming so common place these days; if you did need one and didn't have one and the person that needed it ended up passing away it could be a situation where your clinic could be held in question as to whether or not you had made reasonable efforts to prepare for a cardiac emergency. Considering the medical nature of our business, the often high utilization by geriatric individuals and the litigousness of our society I think this could make for a bad situation for a clinic without an AED. My two cents. Chad ________________________________ From: PTManager [mailto:PTManager ] On Behalf Of Jeff Wheeler Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 2:58 PM To: PTManager; Hpa-List Subject: AED 's in clinics Group, It's been 3 years since we brought this up, long enough for new and enlightened opinions. Do you have AED's in your free standing PT clinics? Do you get advice from local EMS crews regarding the need in your settings. Have any clinics who have them, actually used it? Any and all feedback greatly appreciated! Jeff Wheeler PT, GCS Inpatient Therapy Supervisor Highline Med. Ctr./Highline Therapy Services 206 248-4651 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Although not required we have them. If the local mall has one kind of difficult to explain why we would not. All staff also have AMA BLS. Never used, thank you. Pierre H. Rougny, PT,OCS, MTC Director of Rehabilitation Services Sebasticook Valley Hospital 141 Leighton St. Pittsfield, ME 04967 (207)487-9293 ________________________________ From: PTManager [mailto:PTManager ] On Behalf Of Jeff Wheeler Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 4:58 PM To: PTManager; Hpa-List Subject: AED 's in clinics Group, It's been 3 years since we brought this up, long enough for new and enlightened opinions. Do you have AED's in your free standing PT clinics? Do you get advice from local EMS crews regarding the need in your settings. Have any clinics who have them, actually used it? Any and all feedback greatly appreciated! Jeff Wheeler PT, GCS Inpatient Therapy Supervisor Highline Med. Ctr./Highline Therapy Services 206 248-4651 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Jeff--I own a small clinic in a small town, and we have had an AED for about 2 years. The local emergency services chief has been over to our clinic, and since it is one of only 4 in town, we get a plug every time he lists the units within the town at a meeting...We have never, thank god, had to use it, though I have brought it into a treatment room while waiting for an EMT squad to arrive for a patient, and that helped make the purchase worthwhile...It is worth an internet search for the best price, even the low end ranges about $500 between low and high price for the same unit....Jeff Woodruff, Woodruff PT, Chester, NH Jeff Wheeler wrote: Group, It's been 3 years since we brought this up, long enough for new and enlightened opinions. Do you have AED's in your free standing PT clinics? Do you get advice from local EMS crews regarding the need in your settings. Have any clinics who have them, actually used it? Any and all feedback greatly appreciated! Jeff Wheeler PT, GCS Inpatient Therapy Supervisor Highline Med. Ctr./Highline Therapy Services 206 248-4651 ------------------------------------ In ALL messages to PTManager you must identify yourself, your discipline and your location or else your message will not be approved to send to the full group. PTManager encourages participation in your professional association. Join APTA, AOTA or ASHA and participate now! Visit the NEW and IMPROVED www.InHomeRehab.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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