Guest guest Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 > My friend Nick, made the following comment, which I think goes a long way > to explaining the difficulties we have in deciding what we ought to do in EMS. > > " In the end, I think most decisions are made for reasons that include > available evidence... and a number of other system factors. You can double blind > study everything but at the end of the day you have to make a decision as to > the best thing for that patient. I credit my boss with the four L's... they are > Legend, Law, Literature, and Life. " > > " When practicing critical thinking, compare statements made with the 4 > L's... determine which one supports the statement. Been doing something > forever=Legend, you do it because you have to=Law, you read/researched it=Literature, > or you need to do it to save a life-Life (like duck when someone is shooting > at you... do you really need research to prove that one?). " > If we all made decisions in prehospital care based upon these criteria, we might actually do a much better job for our patients. Gene G. ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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