CN>-> Hippocratic oaths are taken, traditionally, by physicians.
CN> 
CN>There is an oath for EMS workers...at least there is one in Brady's
CN>Paramedic textbook...It's in my car, so I won't take the time to get
CN>it right now...but if ya wanna see it...It basically says the same as
CN>what the other guy typed...
CN>How did everyone get off subject with HHNK?? Did anyone really ever
CN>explain what it is?
 
Chris, I think that I was the "Other Guy", and you seem to have got my 
point exactly. I haven't taken any oath as a paramedic, but I've always 
felt a responsibility to at the very least deliver my patients to the 
hospital in no worse condition than I found them. Hopefully, I can make 
them better, if only a little bit. That, not concern for CYA has been my 
mode of operation for years. In fact, I've seen CYA stuff that is 
definitely harmful to patients. Unnecessary C-Spine immobilization being 
only one of them. 
 
Gary
 
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