Welcome Packet

[Cat Herder]

Thanks for sharing those! I downloaded and saved!
I will be using the consent form for sure! Our admit forms have a space for parents to sign off but that form provides a much neater way of giving consent as well as personal child info!

The medic will be so grateful to you, too. It prevents them from giving a medicine that is contraindicated based on a childs medical history. happyface It also means they can go back in service sooner. Otherwise they have to hang out and wait for signatures and billing info to make sure the service is reimbursed for the supplies they used*. It leaves their territory uncovered, typically the second out unit is 20 minutes or more away in an emergency. They care about the folks in their assigned area, they know many of them by first name (especially their seniors and special needs patients) and take leaving them uncovered personally.

*Insurance only pays out so much per patient claim, the rest has to be written off. That means EMS is often left holding the bag. Eventually, they can't afford upgrades, supplies or training and patient care suffers. If your county is running in beat down trucks, the units shelves are bare and the staff is on forced overtime or suffering brown outs, you know why, now.

[Cat Herder]

I left out the point, I guess I thought you could read my mind or something. The first to submit a claim to the insurance company is the first paid by the insurance company. Hospitals are fine tuned to be the first. Daycares, schools and private citizens keeping these forms at the ready, to hand to the crew, helps even that score a bit.

[MelissaP]

Thank you for those.. I will for sure be using them!