Recent content by MarkBaribeault

Hi Reaper, & thanks for the reply. True, our overall call volume doesn't look that busy. Still, there are times when we have problems keeping resources in service due to call volume. Our County is largely rural and thinly populated, so maintaining reasonable response times to true emergencies...

Hi All: I feel like I need to steer this back onto point. Certainly there's more than one valid view on the topic, and certainly there are many considerations involved. But my intent here was only to avoid re-inventing the wheel while developing this policy. To that end, I was looking for...

If a provider can't do a decent medical assessment as a patient advocate, isn't that a personnel issue rather than a policy matter though? Re: delay. Certainly a consideration, but we can't be all things to all people. Given budgetary constraints just for starters, we need to start being a...

I read that thread with interest, but didn't see the policy. Thanks, I'll check it again...

Hi All: Wow, a lot of good points, some of which I hadn't considered. One thing I would like to address is the issue of providers being less than objective. One of our roles is patient advocate. If you can't see the situation from the patient's viewpoint, and address the situation in the...

Hi All: Re: Declining Transport. I’m a medic in Onslow County, North Carolina, the home of U. S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. We’re an all-ALS third-service system answering about 13,000 county-wide 9-1-1 calls annually (though the Base has its own system). We operate seven 24-hour trucks...