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Tag Archives: liability
Protocols: Now this is just fucking annoying
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
Loading ...There’s a long wait at the emergency psychiatric* receiving facility. Our patient wants a cigarette. She has been completely cooperative, and is voluntarily here. My partner gives her a cigarette after asking me and the facility staff if it’s OK. … Continue reading
Joe Paterno
(4 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5) Loading ...I’m trying not to pass judgment, but for some perspective, if you and I so much as smelled a dick* near a kid while working and didn’t say anything, we’d be in so much fucking trouble it would actually make … Continue reading
Where is the line?
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...I’m going to throw this question out there while setting aside the legalese and differences between the individual states. It’s a very general question, and I hope I can adequately paint the picture that I’m trying to get across. I’d … Continue reading
EMS cliche #6
(6 votes, average: 4.83 out of 5) Loading ...“It may not be an emergency to us, but it’s an emergency to them.” Then they’re idiots. And it should be our job to tell them there is no emergency, not flood the EDs with silly patients. Unfortunately, our bosses … Continue reading
A&Ox4 doesn’t mean shit
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...When dealing with patients with a slightly altered level of consciousness who are either not cooperative or straight-up refusing care, I’m so tired of hearing medics say, “Well, if she’s A&Ox4, we can’t do anything…” or, “We can’t kidnap her…” … Continue reading
