Requirements need to be in the accreditation process that address EMS wall times. Patients held on EMS stretchers being cared for by medics in the ER is a risk to the ER, the EM Physician and the EMS agency. Much like stroke, cardiac and trauma, language will be needed to address EMS issues in the primary receiving point for the most critical patients.
Requirements need to be in the accreditation process that address EMS wall times. Patients held on EMS stretchers being cared for by medics in the ER is a risk to the ER, the EM Physician and the EMS agency. Much like stroke, cardiac and trauma, language will be needed to address EMS issues in the primary receiving point for the most critical patients.