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- From: myersj@aix.rpi.edu (Jeffrey William Myers)
- Subject: Re: no docs for NYC EMS
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 04:07:49 GMT
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- jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard) writes:
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- >In article <Pine.3.05.9301222117.A18490-c100000@sun.panix.com> dannyb@PANIX.COM (Daniel Burstein) writes:
- >>Richard Gutwirth: Many people will end up going to the hospital that don't
- >>need to go to the hospital, because the ultimate authority not to take
- >>them rests here in telemetry. So what will happen is that we'll be
- >>transporting someone who does not need (to go to the hosital, and while
- >>we're doing this) a cardiac arrest will occur, and (we won't be there to
- >>help).
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- >Huh? How is it possible in New York for a paramedic to take someone to the
- >hospital that doesn't want to go? Do they have the authority to arrest the
- >patient, or do they simply have immunity from kidnapping laws
-
- Down in NYC, they are allowed to call in to medical control and request
- permission to release patients whom they feel do not need to go to the
- hospital or do not require ambulance transport. My understanding is this
- practice is in place to help reduce over crowding and to get units back in
- service quickly in an overloaded system to take care of the emergency calls.
-
- Does any other system use this practice?
-
- Jeff Myers
- NYS AEMT-Intermediate
-