Ambulances held hostage

When does a patient become the hospital's legal responsibility? When can EMS crews leave patients and return to service? A major factor contributing to the current shortage of available EMS personnel and units is the increasing frequency of lengthy hospital bed delays.

In this series, learn more about the EMS legal and ethical responsibility to patients at the ED, from patient handoffs and signatures, to EMTALA, diversionary status; as well as strategies EMS agencies can deploy unilaterally to reduce ED wait times.

On-Demand webinar: Ambulances held hostage

On-Demand webinar: Ambulances held hostage

Strategies to unilaterally reduce ED wait times and get back into service

Ambulances held hostage: EMS strategies for reducing ambulance offload times

The rights of EMS agencies and remedies if hospital bed delays cannot be satisfactorily resolved through collaboration with hospital counterparts
Ambulances held hostage: Overcoming hospital bed delays

Steve Wirth and Doug Wolfberg join host Rob Lawrence to discuss strategies for overcoming hospital bed delays
Ambulances held hostage: Should we stay or should we go?

How to decide when to leave patients at hospitals with bed delays and 3 considerations for if you stay

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About Ambulances held hostage

When does a patient become the hospital's legal responsibility? When can EMS crews leave patients and return to service? A major factor contributing to the current shortage of available EMS personnel and units is the increasing frequency of lengthy hospital bed delays.

In this series, learn more about the EMS legal and ethical responsibility to patients at the ED, from patient handoffs and signatures, to EMTALA, diversionary status; as well as strategies EMS agencies can deploy unilaterally to reduce ED wait times.

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