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I'd rather pace, but that's just me.
The point is that there's no way to improve perfusion that won't increase cardiac work. Pacing is no better than drugs in this regard.
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I'd rather pace, but that's just me.
Not quite....malpractice is how lawsuits happen. I guarantee if you follow protocol when it's inappropriate you can still get sued. As for disciplinary action, if you can't deviate when appropriate, your EMS system sucks.Unfortunately, going out of protocols is how lawsuits and disciplinary action happens.
I'm not sure if you're being serious.Not quite....malpractice is how lawsuits happen. I guarantee if you follow protocol when it's inappropriate you can still get sued. As for disciplinary action, if you can't deviate when appropriate, your EMS system sucks.
Does there seem to be sarcasm there?I'm not sure if you're being serious.
I dunno but whenever anyone tells me that it's at my discretion to deviate from protocols I have to assume they are kidding.Does there seem to be sarcasm there?
Have you read your protocols? The vast majority of them have a disclaimer in there telling you it's your responsibility to deviate or at least contact OLMC when the patient presentation doesn't fit the book exactly. It's called being a clinician instead of a technician.I dunno but whenever anyone tells me that it's at my discretion to deviate from protocols I have to assume they are kidding.
I would say duty as opposed to discretion. Then again I work in a great system where my medical director expects us to treat our pts and not the protocols. Deviation is common and expected of us. Be a clinician and not a technician or chef.I dunno but whenever anyone tells me that it's at my discretion to deviate from protocols I have to assume they are kidding.
Oh so now online medical direction is part of it too? Excuse me but that was not what you said earlier.Have you read your protocols? The vast majority of them have a disclaimer in there telling you it's your responsibility to deviate or at least contact OLMC when the patient presentation doesn't fit the book exactly. It's called being a clinician instead of a technician.
Oh so now online medical direction is part of it too? Excuse me but that was not what you said earlier.
I have read my protocols and none of them tell me it is my responsibility to deviate from them at my discretion. EMT is a 150 hour course. You don't tell someone like me who has just dipped their toe into emergency medicine to supercede a medical doctor at their own discretion.
Straight out of Old Dominion EMS Council's protocols. I'm taking a guess on the council you're in since you've got VCU in your name...but I'm willing to bet I could find othersOh so now online medical direction is part of it too? Excuse me but that was not what you said earlier.
I have read my protocols and none of them tell me it is my responsibility to deviate from them at my discretion. EMT is a 150 hour course. You don't tell someone like me who has just dipped their toe into emergency medicine to supercede a medical doctor at their own discretion.
I have read my protocols and none of them tell me it is my responsibility to deviate from them at my discretion. EMT is a 150 hour course. You don't tell someone like me who has just dipped their toe into emergency medicine to supercede a medical doctor at their own discretion.