EMS Accountability
The EMS accountability topic section includes recent news and articles about proper EMS accountability.
When patients do not act in their best interest having them sign a patient refusal form is in your best interest as an EMS professional
Here are the minimum equipment guidelines for medical personnel providing care at concerts, sporting events and mass gatherings
Three truths about relationships for new paramedic graduates to succeed as professionals in a radically changing world of health care
She suffered a fatal heart attack after slipping in the slow and waited hours for an ambulance to arrive
The demotion comes after bent aluminum street signs were used as makeshift heat shields inside four ambulance engine compartments
The wife even kissed the stranger’s head, then realized the mistake 30 minutes later when medic called man Nick not Mark
The chief sent a letter to township trustees stating the service would stop Oct. 1 in fairness to residents who pay through property taxes.
The chief has proposed that the city hire a private company to take care of billing
County officials have been preparing a back-up ambulance plan to serve the county’s 1.8 million residents
He made his comments in response to a letter from a city medic who lamented that the department was unable to save a 5-month-old girl who died of cardiac arrest
Making decisions purely on emotion and superficial knowledge
The driver of the Meriter Hospital ambulance that crashed last month was fined $213 for failure to keep the vehicle under control
Six people were injured and one was killed in the July 2012 accident
Boosting the number of medic responses to 50 percent would result in about $140,000 more in revenue per year
He blasted city officials who blamed a lone EMS worker for a 4-minute delay in getting an ambulance to the scene of a crash that killed a 4-year-old
Build your agency’s reputation one employee at a time
It’s not necessary to completely abandon our faith in EMS. But it is our professional obligation to question it.
They can be sad, frustrating and, at times, quite funny
Ideas for public relation campaigns are often rejected for a variety of reasons
Prosecutors decided to file the reduced sexual assault charge “based on further investigation into the effects of the drugs”
She is more concerned about the response time for emergency medical personnel in her community located about 12 miles southeast of downtown Fort Worth
What is the cost of a pulled trigger?
Does freedom to worship trump the health of a child?
The new billing system became effective March 31 and officials hope it will increase payment collections
All three ambulances reported to be out of service at the time of the hit-and-run that seriously injured the officer
The medic reportedly stole nearly 30 vials of pain medication
The patient was suffering from a stroke and the nearest ambulance was 7 miles away
The trick to not burning bridges is really pretty simple
Regardless of how good your intentions are, yelling “Calm Down!” in someone’s ear never, ever helps
