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Wed Jul 2 05:01:45 BST 2008

Jane,

Please define "provider" as applied to your locale. The definition seems to
vary between states. And is it a physician signing off, or an administrator?
Please forgive me for being unfamiliar with EMS in your state.

Thank you.
Donn

“Liberty is telling people what they do not want to hear.”
—Eric Arthur Blair, from the preface to Animal Farm

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of Jane Harper
> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:52 PM
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> Subject: Re: med copters collide
> 
> Here in Illinois the provider indeed needs to sign off on 
> medical necessity
> ...
> 
> Jane Harper
> 
> 
> On 7/1/08 10:48 PM, "Mike Smertka" <medic0947969 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Having read the arguments about medical helicopters, I was 
> wondering.
> > How many flights are actually scene runs? If they are 
> inter-facility, doesn¹t
> > a physician have to sign off on medical necessity just like 
> ground transport?
> 
> -- 
> Jane Harper, PhD(c), RN, APN
> Trauma Nurse Practitioner, Rockford, IL
> 
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