Mitigating Your Risk

Increasing attention is being placed on what the responder does in an emergency and how those actions influence survival of the victim. For the professional the expectation that they are competent in performing basic skills is becoming more and more important.

It is true that legal suits in this area are increasing. SmartMan is a sensible credible way to protect yourself.

As an individual you can demonstrate that you are taking performance of your skills seriously and addressing the issues.

As a corporation it is an important step to showing that you realize your responsibility and duty to potential victims.

Here is what the leading legal firm in the country says about the importance of being tested on SmartMan.

The noted legal firm Page Wolfberg & Wirth that specializes in EMS litigation writes clearly that Ambu SmartMan will help to mitigate potential legal settlements.

“… the very real threat of liability exists for EMS organizations and individual EMS personnel throughout the United States when providing emergency medical care that is performed incorrectly or inconsistently with the applicable standard of care. One way that individual EMS providers and EMS organizations can potentially reduce the chances of an adverse judgment or verdict against them is to be able to demonstrate and document their efforts to train and verify the competence of all personnel providing emergency medical services.”

“… we believe that EMS organizations and/or individual EMS providers could effectively utilize this device as part of the process of verification of skill competency. This documentation could be used in defense, and thus potentially reduce the potential for liability, where the training or competency of the personnel was an issue in the case.  While, of course, the potential for legal liability cannot be predicted with any certainty, and the outcome of any lawsuit is never guaranteed, it is vital to demonstrate the necessary training and competency verification of EMS personnel in a case where these issues are raised. We believe that a device such as the Ambu SmartMan could help tremendously in providing this verification with respect to the performance of CPR.” (Full text of document is available on request.)