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“2014 SOUTHWEST SUPER LAWYERS”
Butt Thornton and Baehr 2014 Southwest Super Lawyers:
Paul Bishop
Alfred L. Green, Jr.
James H. Johansen
Neysa E. Lujan
W. Ann (“Winnie”) Maggiore
Carlos G. Martinez
Agnes Fuentevilla Padilla
S. Carolyn Ramos
Ryan T. Sanders
Raul P. Sedillo
Paul T. Yarbrough
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“EXPERT WITNESS QUALIFICATIONS AND ETHICAL GUIDELINES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES LITIGATION: RESOURCE DOCUMENT FOR THE EXPERT WITNESS QUALIFICATIONS AND ETHICAL GUIDELINES”
The clinical provision of medical care by emergency medical services (EMS) providers in the out-of-hospital environment and the operation of EMS systems to provide that care are unique in the medical arena. There is a substantive difference in the experience of individuals who provide medical care in the out-of-hospital setting and the experience of those who provide similar care in the hospital or other clinical settings. Furthermore, physicians who provide medical direction for EMS personnel have a clinical and oversight relationship with EMS personnel. This
relationship uniquely qualifies EMS medical directors to provide expert opinions related to care provided by non-physician EMS personnel.
Physicians without specific EMS oversight experience are not uniformly qualified to provide expert opinion regarding the provision of EMS. This resource document reviews the current issues in expert witness testimony in cases involving EMS as these issues relate to the unique qualifications of the expert witness, the standard of care, and the ethical expectations. Key words: emergency medical services; legal; malpractice; expert witness
PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE 2011;15:426–431
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JOURNAL OF HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES LAW FEBRUARY 2011 – HINDMAND AND MAGGIORE: MEDICAL CONTROL OF EMS
This article discusses the general structure of medical direction within emergency medical services (EMS) systems, the qualifications and responsibilities of EMS medical directors and other medical control physicians, and medical direction responsibilities in connection with interfacility transports. This medical direction function also is referred to as medical control, medical oversight, and medical supervision. These terms are used interchangeably in this article, although the terms may be distinguishable in some contexts.
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