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http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/volusia/os-ambulance-verdict-20100519,0,2751496.story
Check this out. This is ridiculous, the jury awarded a $10 million award against an ambulance company and Paramedic for accepting an interfacility transport and saving the Pt's life!!!
A little background for those of you who don't want to read the article. A woman went in to a rural hospital in premature labor (~6 months along). This hospital does not have OB or L&D services, so the ER physician arranges emergent interfacility transport to the closest appropriate facility (Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando with a level 3 NICU). During the transport the woman delivers a non breathing neonate. The Paramedic successfully revives the neonate and completes the transfer. The parents turned around and sued the ambulance company and Paramedic for $10 million and won, because the jury believes the Paramedic should have assessed the Pt and REFUSED the transport that had been ordered by the ER physician and accepted by the recieving physician!
Check this out. This is ridiculous, the jury awarded a $10 million award against an ambulance company and Paramedic for accepting an interfacility transport and saving the Pt's life!!!
A little background for those of you who don't want to read the article. A woman went in to a rural hospital in premature labor (~6 months along). This hospital does not have OB or L&D services, so the ER physician arranges emergent interfacility transport to the closest appropriate facility (Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando with a level 3 NICU). During the transport the woman delivers a non breathing neonate. The Paramedic successfully revives the neonate and completes the transfer. The parents turned around and sued the ambulance company and Paramedic for $10 million and won, because the jury believes the Paramedic should have assessed the Pt and REFUSED the transport that had been ordered by the ER physician and accepted by the recieving physician!
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