Guest guest Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Disregard last empty post. Sorry. Anyways, as I was going to say, apparently EMS has become wedded to the medical version of the Nuremburg defense, " We was just following protocols. " -Wes Ogilvie In a message dated 1/11/2010 9:50:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, rob.davis@... writes: On Monday, January 11, 2010 21:41, _THEDUDMAN@..._ (mailto:THEDUDMAN@...) said: > > There may or may not be a place for paramedic initiated refusals once the EMS > person is at the patient's side...that is a protocol and medical direction issue. > But, the likelihood of not sending anyone at all being viable, is very low. Most physicians won't even practise " phone medicine " for this very reason. What makes someone so delusional as to believe that an EMS calltaker can competently do it is beyond me. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 In a message dated 1/11/2010 9:50:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, rob.davis@... writes: On Monday, January 11, 2010 21:41, _THEDUDMAN@..._ (mailto:THEDUDMAN@...) said: > > There may or may not be a place for paramedic initiated refusals once the EMS > person is at the patient's side...that is a protocol and medical direction issue. > But, the likelihood of not sending anyone at all being viable, is very low. Most physicians won't even practise " phone medicine " for this very reason. What makes someone so delusional as to believe that an EMS calltaker can competently do it is beyond me. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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