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  1. 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...

  2. 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....

  3. 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,...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...