Comments on: No Spinning Lights For YOU!

By: brett

brett — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:22:14 +0000

………..and who would pay this person?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:08:02 +0000

Brenda, the EMT-B or paramedics actually already perform a medical evaluation when 911 is called. Not all medical evaluations need to be performed under the supervision of a physician – and I say this as a physician. Some do, but some don’t.

There are a lot of morons in the world, and for some reason they seem to seek out the health care system more often. Ambulances are used as taxis in many parts of the country.

I think this is a great idea to try out – I’m sure there will be kinks, but I’m glad someone is doing it!!!

By: woody

woody — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:38:58 +0000

not sure i agree with that…liabilty and malpractice are much higher for physicians and midlevels…not to mention ems personnel are generally better at triage…

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:23:07 +0000

I know that in Germany, EMS and physicians work together much more closely. I don’t know if there are physicians on every ambulance, but they are much more readily available in the field.

By: Brenda Helverson

Brenda Helverson — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:04:10 +0000

This is a very bad idea. Medical evaluations should be performed or under the direct supervision of a licensed physician. This policy is a lawsuit waiting to happen.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:34:28 +0000

13 years ago when I was in Okinawa it was my understanding on the mainland the Japanese would have physicians on their ambulances. They would show up with all the equipment and resuscitate the patient. Then they’d have to find a hospital to accept the patient. God help us if we did this here – it would make the current fun-filled game of “take my transfer, please” seem like child’s play.

By: SeaSpray

SeaSpray — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:04:30 +0000

Hope the taxi drivers have their flu shot!

It sounds like a good idea. Too bad they can’t do it everywhere when *obviously* not an emergent call… so they are free to pick up the serious ones.

And too bad more people don’t realize how they are abusing the system.

Whatever happened to using logic and common sense?

By: Gardenqueen

Gardenqueen — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:57:31 +0000

It sounds like a reasonable response.

By: Gardenqueen

Gardenqueen — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:28:00 +0000

Seems sensible to me.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:39:06 +0000

There’s two sides to this coin; one is as stated. The other, though, is EMS refusing transport to someone that needs to be transported, and the providers not recognizing that (as I was a paramedic for 9 years, I can say this: why does someone become a paramedic? Because EMT is too hard to spell!).

I may have found a utopia, though – where I am now, people don’t ask/beg/demand for drugs or a bus ticket, apologize for coming in with a sore throat on a Sunday morning, and, when I asked the boss about Press-Ganey, he said (sincerely), “What’s that?” And this is not a “rich” area – in fact, it’s the poorest in the state.