Re: (no subject)

[Jeremy Hawk <akulahawk@earthlink.net>]

At my service, (BLS ground, mostly) we generally TRY to keep people 
who are a couple off of the same unit. Mostly this is to reduce any 
chance of domestic problems arising in front of patients and also to 
reduce the chance of patient care differences from becoming a 
domestic issue. Actually, this has been the norm at every place I've 
worked, and in most cases, a written policy. Where there's a written 
policy, it's also standard to attempt to keep couples from being a 
supervisor to the other. Again, this reduces domestic problems. This, 
however, has rarely happened. No place where I've worked has had 
husband & wife in same company. Where we've had couples, we've rarely 
had problems when we have HAD to put them together, but this is NOT 
standard practice. Regardless, we absolutely require that they get 
along while in public or in front of clients (hospitals, patients, 
SNF's, families, etc.) and take any issues behind closed doors, out 
of sight, and leave it there once resolved. Seems to work, but this 
is my own experience with several small companies.

Jeremy Hawk, EMT-P
Stuck on the ground...

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