Recent content by FullArrest

Where does it say that we can pass on information regarding a patients contact information and history of present incident? There are a number of cases I have found in which EMS agencies and individual EMTs have been successfully sued for passing along such information to people not directly...

I really like the idea of having a waiver signed by the patient to release their information. Collection of information for risk management purposes really is not the job of EMS professionals and doing so without informed consent surely presents an ethical problem if not a legal one. I...

**SORRY FOR THE LONG POST, BUT THIS WAS A BIT OF A COMPLEX SITUATION** I work a lot of private events as a means for some extra income. I have often come across organizations (especially professional level sports organizations) which have their own medical paperwork (entirely risk management...