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|  | | America's Dumbest Doctors: Ever wonder about yours?
Funnier that it ought to be. Scathing beyond belief.
span style="font-size: larger;">span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Ever hear of the/span> /span>a href="http://www.npdb-hipdb.hrsa.gov/">span style="font-size: larger;">i>National Practitioner Data Bank/i>/span>/a>? span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Probably not. /span>
span style="font-size: larger;">span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">So how about this for a health care reality check: there happens to be a particularly secretive organization located on a side street in Washington, DC known as the i>NPDB/i>. Their job? They maintain files on "Dan | |  | | The Paramedic Heretic Immutable Laws and Ethical Illusions
A jaw-dropping look at the conundrums of EMS, by a 35-year veteran rescuer.
At one point during our lunch the famous Sonny Bono asked, "So in other words, we've reached a point where a rescuer can't say 'screw the rules' and just do the right thing?"
Not in other words, Sonny. Those are the perfect words.
Immutable Law #2
Saving lives is not our priority.
Following our policies is our priority.
Protecting ourselves comes next. Avoiding lawsuits comes third. You come somewhere after that.
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I was not even out of school before I witnessed my first doctor commit murder. It would not be my last - Lord, no - |
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