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1. EC holds from other facilities

   oceancaldera207 replied to oceancaldera207's topic in General Nursing

   This is a nice thought, but in reality statutes are not always clear. There is not always an answer until a situation arises that requires an issue to be addressed by law or judicial interpretation. Admin could you possibly delete this thread? Thank...

2. EC holds from other facilities

   oceancaldera207 replied to oceancaldera207's topic in General Nursing

   That's really interesting about your facility's LE policy ! Over here, all the officer has to do is call a psych liaison and give them a run down of what occurred that brought them to the facility, then they usually bolt. And almost every day LE cut...

3. EC holds from other facilities

   oceancaldera207 replied to oceancaldera207's topic in General Nursing

   That's the thing..everyone has a different idea of what should be done, and mostly they are extremely evasive and do not give clear answers. My fear is that the law is so vague that no one is actually right. From what I've seen of the statutes, there...

4. EC holds from other facilities

   oceancaldera207 replied to oceancaldera207's topic in General Nursing

   No, no guidelines established by legal dept that I know of. It's incredible to me considering the quantity of people that end up on holds in our ER. I get the feeling that in order to keep things in a grey area for us in the trenches, there won't be ...

5. EC holds from other facilities

   oceancaldera207 replied to oceancaldera207's topic in General Nursing

   It's only a Colorado thing apparently. I always assumed it stood for emergency care hold. At my facility I see three types of holds; M1, EC, and something they call a Colorado hold/per CO law. It's my understanding that in most states there's only on...

6. EC holds from other facilities

   oceancaldera207 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi guys. In our facility we have this recurring problem of patients coming to the ED from a local detox facility on 'EC' holds. I've been told by some supervisors that we cannot honor this hold and forcefully retain these people when they want to lea...