NomadicMedic
I know a guy who knows a guy.
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I agree, contacting medical control for refusals is ludicrous. If the guy needs to go to the hospital, I'm going to figure out what I need to do to get him there. If the guy doesn't want to go, and I don't think he needs to go… I don't need a doc to agree or disagree with me. Especially a doc on the other end of the phone or the radio.
As far as wacky DNR scenarios, the only thing I can think of where I would need to contact medical control would be if the family told me they had a DNR but couldn't find it. If that's the case, I usually just contact medical control, explain the situation and the doc lets me call it.
As far as med control in Washington for MDI, ASA and NTG… If you're assisting the patient with any of those things, you better have a paramedic on the way.
I'm really most interested in the guy who said he contacts medical control to find out what "out of his scope" procedures he can perform to help the patient… tell me, tell me!
As far as wacky DNR scenarios, the only thing I can think of where I would need to contact medical control would be if the family told me they had a DNR but couldn't find it. If that's the case, I usually just contact medical control, explain the situation and the doc lets me call it.
As far as med control in Washington for MDI, ASA and NTG… If you're assisting the patient with any of those things, you better have a paramedic on the way.
I'm really most interested in the guy who said he contacts medical control to find out what "out of his scope" procedures he can perform to help the patient… tell me, tell me!
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