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EMS procedures for transferring patients with disabilities
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Council Member Narcisse inquires about the procedures followed by EMS and EMT personnel when transferring custody of patients with disabilities from ambulances to hospital personnel. Ivelesse Mendez-Justiniano responds to this inquiry.
- The question focuses on ensuring appropriate accommodations are made for individuals with disabilities during transfers.
- Mendez-Justiniano acknowledges that this area involves FDNY and requires further exploration.
- The response indicates a lack of immediate information on specific procedures or training for this process.
Mercedes Narcisse
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Okay.
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When EMS and EMT personal transfer custody of a patient from an ambulance to a hospital personal, what type of procedure does everyone follow to ensure that appropriate accommodation are made for individual with disabilities?
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Are there any training provided by this process, the specific process?
Ivelesse Mendez-Justiniano
0:47:06
This would be an area that we would have to explore more as this involves FDNY and I do not have all the information.