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Greetings,
Our hospital is the base for a county that borders another state. The little community that is in the other state is 30 miles away from its county seat and only 4 miles away from the state line. The community sends its children to our state for school, receives its mail, shops, works and so forth in our state. Its 911 calls had been going to our state up until about 6 months ago. Its county seat has written into their policies that if their 3 EMS providers are not available, they will call our dispatch for us to respond.
I am concerned about legal issues in another state if there ever were decisions to sue EMS providers, and our base hospital for not practicing inside of our region. I realize that disaters and large emergencies are one thing, but day-to-day EMS stuff gives me worries.
Have any of you had any experience with this situation?
Our hospital is the base for a county that borders another state. The little community that is in the other state is 30 miles away from its county seat and only 4 miles away from the state line. The community sends its children to our state for school, receives its mail, shops, works and so forth in our state. Its 911 calls had been going to our state up until about 6 months ago. Its county seat has written into their policies that if their 3 EMS providers are not available, they will call our dispatch for us to respond.
I am concerned about legal issues in another state if there ever were decisions to sue EMS providers, and our base hospital for not practicing inside of our region. I realize that disaters and large emergencies are one thing, but day-to-day EMS stuff gives me worries.
Have any of you had any experience with this situation?