1). A medic that I know made a bad choice in transferring a patient and in doing so, caused serious harm to the patient (with the patient ultimately dying). It's been rumored that the family may sue. So my question is this: is there malpractice insurance for medics, like we as nurses can get?
2). We were to receive a resident back from the hospital today who had an IV with potassium running. After much ado, the hospital d/c'd the potassium and the resident was transported BLS. The medic who was supposed to transport refused to do so, stating that he was not allowed to transport potassium without a pump (it would have been without a pump). It caused a lot of problems for us at the LTCF - ie: scrambling to get the meds that he may have been able to come with. Just wondering if anyone can enlighten me as to the regs concerning this matter. I'm in the EHSF region, if that makes a difference.
Thanks for your help!