All tagged Medicolegal

Episode 69: The Problem with Media and EMS

Have you ever wondered why the news media gets EMS stories so messed up? Do you cringe each time you see a news story talk about “ambulance drivers”? Is your agency concerned with sharing your work with the community because of “HIPAA”?

Dan sits down with journalist and clinician Rich Huff (@richmhuff) as well as our good friend Margaret Keavney (www.keavneystreger.com) to discuss the problems with EMS and media, and solutions we can use to tell our stories better to the people we serve.

“We don’t have to be first; we have to be better.”

The story on LA County cardiac arrest transport:

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/01/05/953653359/los-angeles-ambulances-told-to-conserve-oxygen-and-limit-hospital-transfers

EMS Aegis is a great source for training and information for both individual clinicians and agencies looking to do better:

Episode 45: POLST and End of Life in Prehospital Care

Anna and Dan sit down with attorney and former paramedic Margaret Keavney to discuss end-of-life issues in EMS. How do we honor patient wishes, and the law? What is our standard, and how does our culture and training sometimes work against us?

We don't get great initial training in the end of life, although EMS is present at the majority of these events. Check it out!

Keavney-Streger Law Firm can be found here:

https://keavneystreger.com

OPALS study on cardiac arrest termination of care:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/182615

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa052620

New Jersey's POLST:

https://www.nj.gov/health/advancedirective/polst/

About the late Dr John Hinds and his mission to bring advanced care to the patient:

http://www.delta7hems.com

#DoBetter