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October 9, 2007 Volume 12 |
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| EMS Documentation: The Truth About Sticks & Stones | |
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By David Givot, EMS1.com Columnist |
| ''Sticks and stones may break your bones, but poor documentation can end your career and cost you everything!'' While this variation of the idiom may be my own creation, you will probably recognize this next line as being one of the most tired clichés in the EMS field: ''If you didn’t write it on your patient care report, you didn’t do it.'' You should also know that it is 100 percent true as far as the law is concerned ... Full Column | |
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| EKG Club Patient Follow-up | |
| That Right Feeling | |
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By EKG Club, EMS1.com Columnist |
| You contact medical control and report that you are transporting a 40-year-old male who was playing walleyball when he began experiencing a new onset of 8/10 level chest pain radiating to his left arm. The patient is alert and oriented, but is in severe distress. His vital signs are otherwise normal. A 12-lead shows ST elevation is present in leads II, III, aVF and V4r. Transport time is about 20 minutes ... Full Case Discussion | |
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| Press Release: Five Quad Volunteer Ambulance Service Launches EMS eSchedule [EMS eSchedule] Official Announcement: NEMSMF Announces Traveling Museum Exhibit at Expo [NEMSMF] Divide between D.C. firefighters, EMTs targeted under joint agency [Washington, D.C.] Related Article: Panel recommends reforms for D.C. EMS following reporter's deathInsufficient ambulances, water blamed for heat-shortened Chicago race [Chicago, Ill.] Related Article: Heatwave leaves 1 dead, 300 sick at Chicago marathonStudies tout benefits of treating mini-strokes fast [London, England] |
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| Press Release: Physio-Control Announces Availability of LUCAS Chest Compression System in United States [Physio-Control] New Calif. EMT background checks are questioned [Sacramento, Calif.] Related Article: EMT criminal background checks system OK'd by Calif. lawmakersFinancial woes plague busy Atlanta ER [Atlanta, Ga.] Ind. paramedic charged with stealing medication from hospital [Tippecanoe County, Ind.] Change in RSI procedure disputed by Colo. ER doctor [Colorado Springs, Colo.] Related Resource: Read full coverage on controversial RSI debate
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