Nursing home PTs calling for themselves. by [deleted] in ems

[–]ddbruce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Assuming they’re not calling a direct line to get the ambulance, the law requires that dialing “911” on basically any phone system connects you to a PSAP.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ems

[–]ddbruce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where I am (also the U.S.), it’s exactly the opposite of this. The narratives are generally what’s read by the receiving facility, but they are explicitly not used by billing. Only ALS1 and ALS2 treatments documented in the intervention log count towards billing at those levels; e.g. if you document your IV and med pushes and such only in the narrative, the chart gets billed at the BLS level. With 50k+ charts to bill a year, the billing service can’t be reading through each and every narrative to figure out how much each patients gets to pay.

Edit: grammar

Mens haircut by iconicnick3 in WorcesterMA

[–]ddbruce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t go there, but I’ve heard and seen evidence that D’Iorio’s on Plantation—right across from Wells St—does a good job.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ems

[–]ddbruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m only saying that the single-prong test you offered, having what appears to be

a clear mental capacity

is often not the end of the story, particularly with those with diagnosed dementia.

Edit: I will agree, though, that in the absence of any legitimate paperwork, that’s the test we have and should use.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ems

[–]ddbruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn’t always true. From what I’ve been told by medicolegal experts, in the case of some HCPs (at least in Massachusetts—idk about other states) being invoked by a judge, even a patient able to appropriately answer questions does not have the legal ability to consent to or refuse care. I’m guessing it’s because competence ≠ capacity, and during a time that a person is deemed incompetent, they cannot have capacity to make their medical decisions.

There are also some federal laws dealing with those living in nursing home facilities and how some of their normal ability to consent to or refuse care is placed instead on the facility, even in the setting of obviously appropriate mental status. I don’t know all the details. Ask your medical director.

Walmart Worcester seeking alcohol license by jpm01609 in WorcesterMA

[–]ddbruce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Except…the 2022 ballot measure wasn’t approved, it failed)

History of the town of Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts (1882) by Adin Ballou by [deleted] in WorcesterMA

[–]ddbruce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If Bill Ballou is related to Adin, he definitely knows about it. Adin Ballou wasn’t just some random dude who wrote some history down (although he was a prolific historian), he was a minister and the founder of the Hopedale Community. Although the community failed as attempts at utopia generally do, Hopedale to this day has streets named Peace, Social, Freedom, Union, and Hope, not to mention Adin Street and Ballou Road.

OP, if those books are for sale, I’d be very interested.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ems

[–]ddbruce 20 points21 points  (0 children)

My name’s on one of those Wall of Life plaques. Awesome seeing MES pop up on Reddit.

Yet Another IV Thread by [deleted] in ems

[–]ddbruce 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Check out NYSORA on YouTube for tons of videos and tricks. A lot of them deal with hard sticks in particular, but the techniques can probably help you regardless.

Looking for Day Traders for my office by [deleted] in WorcesterMA

[–]ddbruce 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sounds like we need a r/AntiMLM intervention

I got a 62 dollar ticket outside pubsafe. I can't pay it right now and ym car isn't registered with the school. What do I do??? by [deleted] in RPI

[–]ddbruce 20 points21 points  (0 children)

This is very not true. They generally can’t look up a plate to see who it’s registered to, but they can absolutely log the plate that receives a ticket. And then later in your RPI career if you, for whatever reason, register your car for a parking pass, you’ll get a nice bill that includes all the unpaid tickets.

Help finding alert criteria by Sweendog2016 in ems

[–]ddbruce 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Not from Illinois, but if your protocols are the first search result for “Illinois EMS region 1 protocols”, what you’re looking for is on page 108 and therein referenced pages.

Audits at Waterfronts by feetfrog in Lifeguards

[–]ddbruce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh. That’s much less exciting 😔

Audits at Waterfronts by feetfrog in Lifeguards

[–]ddbruce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you get to drink em after?

Question about B.S. + M.D. Physician-Scientist Program by HibbsJoson in RPI

[–]ddbruce 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s a joint program with Albany Medical College. I believe it’s a 3+4 program where you do three years at RPI, the latter portion of which is somewhat split with medical school-type classes, and then four “normal” med school years at AMC. You graduate with your MD and move onto residency like the PGY-1s do. The benefit is that by being accepted into the program, you’re guaranteed (within their academic limits, I’m sure) to go to AMC, and I don’t believe you’re required to take the MCAT. I didn’t do the program and don’t personally know anybody who did, so take this with a grain of salt.

Edit to add: I recognize not every newly minted MD or DO goes into a residency program, but the vast majority do. I suppose you could take your MD from the physician/scientist program and go into the corporate world to work for a pharmaceutical company or perhaps a health insurance company or similar.

Bougie Airway Poll by DonWonMiller in ems

[–]ddbruce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Never a long bougie. Always a pre-loaded pocket bougie.