Legal Aspects of Emergency Medical Services

Legal Aspects of Emergency Medical Services

Author: Bruce M. Cohn

Publisher: Saunders

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13:

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Introducing a valuable resource that explains the legal risks of delivering emergency medical care and the legal issues as they relate to specific situations. Coverage includes advanced directives, do not resuscitate orders, medical record confidentiality, malpractice, infectious disease information disclosure, risk management, and sexual discrimination and harassment. Contains information relevant to everyday practice in a convenient, easy-to-use size!


Legal Aspects of Emergency Services

Legal Aspects of Emergency Services

Author: Gregory West

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2021-10-19

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 1284235580

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Legal Aspects of Emergency Services, Second Edition introduces members of fire and emergency medical services to the legal system in the United States, showing them how various types of laws affect their work in emergency services.


Statutes Relating to Emergency Medical Services Practice Act

Statutes Relating to Emergency Medical Services Practice Act

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 10

ISBN-13:

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"It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting the Emergency Medical Services Practice Act to (1) effectuate the delivery of quality out-of-hospital emergency medical care in the state, (2) eliminate duplication of statutory requirements, (3) merge the former boards responsible for regulating ambulance services and emergency medical care, (4) replace the former law regulating providers of and services delivering emergency medical care, (5) provides for the appropriate licensure of persons providing out-of-hospital medical care and licensure of organizations providing emergency medical services, (6) provides for the establishment of educational requirements and permitted practices for persons providing out-of-hospital emergency medical care, (7) provide a system for regulation of out-of-hospital emergency medical care which encourages out-of-hospital emergency care providers and emergency medical services to provide the highest degree of care which they are capable of providing, and (8) provide a flexible system for the regulation of out-of-hospital emergency care providers and emergency medical services that protects public health and safety" (page 1).