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Duty to Act

The Legal Guardian answers a reader’s question about if legal liability starts at time of dispatch or time of patient contact
An ambulance crew had a duty to get out of the ambulance, thoroughly inspect the scene for the patient, look for evidence that a patient fled, and document their response
An EMT’s perspective on the legal and civilian expectations for cops to render aid to persons in police custody
Make no mistake, every EMS provider in every state has a duty to perform a full and complete assessment on every living patient
Regardless of the law, there most likely will be a community expectation to render care when a person is in need
Suggestions on how to handle conflict between EMS treatment recommendations and a belief system