Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 Local jps expect it and want it so it is done. This is to prove they did not send a live person ( a person with a heart beat the could not detect) to the funeral home not for diagnostic purposes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fact Finding Question to the List. How many services Medical directors still require that you confirm death with a cardiac monitor as well as looking at clinical signs? are the JP's requiring or expect a strip ran? Tim Brannon,LP South EMS Tuscola, Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 Local jps expect it and want it so it is done. This is to prove they did not send a live person ( a person with a heart beat the could not detect) to the funeral home not for diagnostic purposes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fact Finding Question to the List. How many services Medical directors still require that you confirm death with a cardiac monitor as well as looking at clinical signs? are the JP's requiring or expect a strip ran? Tim Brannon,LP South EMS Tuscola, Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 We don't pronounce we call a code then a jp holds an inquest and ask us questions to guide his decisions and two of the questions are always did you run a strip does he have a heart beat and many time what do you think killed him / her. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Re: Fact Finding Tim, I'm not a paramedic, but let me ask this -- What does an EKG strip show when dead? Asystole, right? Isn't asystole a workable rhythm under ACLS? Therefore, what benefit does an EKG strip showing asystole provide? My protocols here in County don't require any EKG strip. As far as what the JP/Medical Examiner mandates, my guess is that it will vary from county to county. Again, here, Austin- County paramedics can obtain a field pronouncement in consultation with a physician. -Wes Ogilvie, MPA, JD, EMT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 We don't pronounce we call a code then a jp holds an inquest and ask us questions to guide his decisions and two of the questions are always did you run a strip does he have a heart beat and many time what do you think killed him / her. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Re: Fact Finding Tim, I'm not a paramedic, but let me ask this -- What does an EKG strip show when dead? Asystole, right? Isn't asystole a workable rhythm under ACLS? Therefore, what benefit does an EKG strip showing asystole provide? My protocols here in County don't require any EKG strip. As far as what the JP/Medical Examiner mandates, my guess is that it will vary from county to county. Again, here, Austin- County paramedics can obtain a field pronouncement in consultation with a physician. -Wes Ogilvie, MPA, JD, EMT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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