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No matter how well-trained or experienced an EMS provider is, legal issues are an ever-present concern. EMS And The Law is a primer about the American legal system as it applies to EMS providers, offering a basic overview of laws and rights with a detailed description of how they affect EMS. Topics covered in the text include duty to partners and patients, ethical responsibilities, patient and provider rights, negligence, processes and procedures, and what to do if you are named in a lawsuit. This book is part of the EMS Continuing Education Series.  as an EMS provider, you know that your education does not stop when you finish your initial training. The things you learn in the field and in continuing education classes give you the extra skills and knowledge to make you the best provider you can be. The EMS Continuing Education Series was created to help you take that extra step toward not just being a great provider, but an outstanding one.  ACLS for EMT-Basics, Intravenous Therapy for Prehospital Providers, Managing Stress in Emergency Medical Services, Sick Not Sick: A Guide to Rapid Patient Assessment, Spanish for EMS, and When Violence Erupts  are also part of this series.

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With more than 38,000 members, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (aaos.org or orthoinfo.org), is the premier not-for-profit organization that provides education programs for orthopaedic surgeons and allied health professionals, champions the interests of patients and advances the highest quality of musculoskeletal health. Orthopaedic surgeons and the Academy are the authoritative sources of information for patients and the general public on musculoskeletal conditions, treatments and related issues.More than one in four Americans have bone or joint health problems, making them the greatest cause of lost work days in the U.S. When orthopaedic surgeons restore mobility and reduce pain, they help people get back to work and to independent, productive lives. Orthopaedic surgeons keep this “Nation in Motion.” To learn more about A Nation in Motion campaign, or to read hundreds of patient stories or to submit your own story, visit ANationInMotion.org. Jacob L. Hafter is a member of the Business Ventures Group at Hale, Lane, Peek, Dennison and Howard. Also a nationally registered paramedic (NREMT-P) and certified American Heart Association instructor in various basic and advanced emergency cardiac care courses, he is conversant with matters facing health care professionals in a rapidly changing health care environment. Mr. Hafter’s experience as both a health care provider and attorney provide him with the practical ability to ensure that his clients receive legal services that are both legally and practically sound. Mr. Hafter has represented physicians and physician practice groups in complex transactional issues, including business formation, partner buy-in and buy-outs, practice mergers and consolidations, formation of ancillary business lines and regulatory compliance issues. His health care representations have also included a hospital medical staff and a publicly-traded mail order pharmaceutical corporation. Mr. Hafter’s practice, however, is not limited to health care issues. He has a broad experience from both private practice and as in-house counsel in general corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate debt financing issues, employment law and other business issues. He is admitted to practice law in Nevada, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and before the US Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Hafter was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. He lives in Reno, Nevada with his wife and his three children.

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