2009 Sept 8, Page, Wolfberg and Wirth

Q: Do you think it's a good idea to attach your field notes to the final report? --Neil in Texas Doug's answer: Generally, no. Once the final ePCR is generated, it should capture all of the information...

Steve Wirth, 2009 Sept 1, Page, Wolfberg and Wirth

Jim loved to bring people together to resolve their differences. He was a master at helping people find solutions without resorting to litigation -- the mark of a truly effective lawyer. As our law partner,...

Douglas M. Wolfberg, Esq., 2009 Sept 1, Page, Wolfberg and Wirth

Sad anniversaries offer an inevitable opportunity for reflection. And so it is with the fifth anniversary of the death of Jim Page on Sept. 4, 2004. However, we should not confine ourselves to remembering...

Page, Wolfberg and Wirth

For any EMS agency to be successful, both as part of the health-care continuum and as a business, field providers must apply effective documentation skills on every call. To deliver the best care with...

Douglas M. Wolfberg, Esq., 2009 Feb 10, Page, Wolfberg and Wirth

One common -- but complex -- medical-legal question that arises in EMS is whether there are circumstances when it's legally and ethically permissible not to attempt resuscitation on a cardiac arrest patient....

Douglas M. Wolfberg, Esq., 2008 Dec 22, Page, Wolfberg and Wirth

It seems like it should be simple enough: You respond to a call, you assess and treat your patient, prepare them for transport, load them into the ambulance and begin transport to the hospital. But in...

Steve Wirth, 2008 Jul 16, Page, Wolfberg and Wirth

The public really doesn't expect much from us when you think about it. In fact, keeping the public happy is really all about the basics --- things that have very little to do with technology or new and...

Steve Wirth, 2007 Aug 31, Page, Wolfberg and Wirth

For years, our firm’s attorneys have pointed out everywhere we go that ambulance accidents are the single biggest area of risk in EMS. The recent tragedy in Antwerp , Ohio, in which five -- yes, five --...

Steve Wirth, Doug Wolfberg, 2006 Jul 6, Page, Wolfberg and Wirth

Preventing Criminal Violations of HIPAA That Can Really Hurt Since the HIPAA Privacy and Security regulations were enacted several years ago, there have been few enforcement actions against "covered entities"...

Steve Wirth, Doug Wolfberg, Ryan Stark, 2006 Jul 6, Page, Wolfberg and Wirth

Sally, a probationary EMT, comes to you, the service manager, with a complaint about sexual harassment. She claims that one of your best supervisors, Bill, keeps “hitting on her” and making sexually suggestive...