Np Inwards The Ambulance?

Thanks to Neville Sarkari, long serving physician executive from Pensacola, Florida, for forwarding this editorial from the Los Angeles Times.

A proposal by Councilman Mitchell Englander could starting fourth dimension reordering priorities at the LAFD past times diverting the least-urgent medical calls to a squad of but 2 people — a nurse practitioner as well as a paramedic. They would purpose an ambulance, but the destination would endure to process people who telephone telephone amongst tike medical needs correct at that topographic point at the scene, rather than schlepping them to the infirmary — thence saving millions of dollars each twelvemonth on ambulance rides as well as infirmary admittances. Nurse practitioners are able to create to a greater extent than than paramedics, including writing prescriptions as well as performing tike procedures.

Between calls, this nurse practitioner unit of measurement would accomplish out to "superusers" — people who telephone telephone 911 to a greater extent than than l times a twelvemonth — to aid them discovery services as well as resources earlier they alternative upward the telephone again.

I know that such proposal tin endure controversial, as well as I'm certain at that topographic point would endure logistical things to locomote through, but it seems actually sensible as well as interesting.  Your thoughts?

Share this post