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Well, by law you must obtain consent from every
patient. Lisa must not be too familiar with EMS. Lisa is correct in
her statement regarding "implied consent" however, for your own protection a
consent form still needs to be completed with the statement "Unable to
sign" and then signed and dated by yourself and your partner or
another witness. It is also important to document why the patient
was unable to sign, what type of consent you are treating the patient under
(implied consent, verbal consent, consent of family member, etc") Their is
no need to waste time on scene trying to get a consent signed but if you are
able to get a signature at the receiving facility from the patient or family
member get it and if not document as above. Remember, "If it's not
documented, you never did it!"
Wesley Copeland
LifeNet - Joplin
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 1:46
PM
Subject: Re: Consents
Why would you need a consent form for a scene patient? I don't
think I have heard of this before and I find it rather interesting. I
guess I believe that a significant motor vehicle crash in which a patient
has sustained a traumatic injury (or multiple injuries) requiring air
transport to the trauma center is consent enough. If their unconscious:
its implied. If their head injured: would they understand what they may
have to consent to? If they are intoxicated: good luck getting a
consent for anything!
Will be interesting to see what others have to add......
Lisa
Nancy Hunter <omgwafn@att.net> wrote:
Hi all,
Just wondering what others are doing in regards
to getting consent forms (for transport) from scene patients....Are you
required to get them? If so, how and when are you having patients sign them?
If you are not required to get them, why?
Thanks
Nancy
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