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To: Mr. Silverback
"I'm skeptical. Paramedics don't assign "serious condition," and HIPAA would prevent them from even discussing it."

You might be right. OTOH, in most jurisdictions, some relevant call or run information is made available to the public - ie, patient sex and call address or location, possibly patient age, general condition and the response code for the return trip to the hospital, which might be described as casual, serious, critical etc. For instance, a broken arm might be a casual call, and a man with severe bleeding could be a critical call. That's how it works in my jurisdiction, FWIW.

1,039 posted on 12/30/2009 8:54:32 PM PST by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand

Fair enough...thanks for the infor.


1,055 posted on 12/30/2009 8:58:40 PM PST by Mr. Silverback (We're right, we're free, we'll fight and you'll see!)
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