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Welcome to the Prehospital Wisdom blog, a
Denver Paramedics Emergency Medicine Education blog, where you will find a
platform for discussing current trends and issues in emergency medicine and
prehospital care.
Denver Paramedics
hosts this blog platform and serves primarily as a moderator for guest bloggers
on the topic of emergency medicine. Denver Paramedics are not responsible
for what readers/posters to with the content presented herein.
The content on
the blog is the opinion of the blogger, not intended to “malign any religion,
ethnic group, club, organization, company, or individual,” or anyone or thing.
The opinions of
the bloggers are individually owned and not to be associated with any employer,
volunteer group, membership organization, church, or other agencies with whom
they are affiliated.
Denver
Paramedics are not responsible,
nor will be held liable, for anything anyone says on this blog in the blog
comments, nor the laws which they may break in your country or theirs through
their comments’ content, implication, and intent.
While this
limited forum allows for comments and postings, Denver Paramedics will impose
limits on comments and postings. Denver Paramedics intend this limited forum to
be professional and educational in nature. We encourage you to make your
comments and wall posts consistent with this standard. In addition, we
ask that you follow our posting guidelines here. If you don't comply,
your message will be removed. We do not allow comments that we judge to be obscene,
abusive, hateful, defamatory or which invade or violate the privacy rights of
others.
You should
continue the theme of the blog/posting and remain “on topic”;
• We do not allow promotional postings,
solicitations or advertisements. This includes promotion or endorsement
of any financial, commercial, or nonprofit nongovernmental entity or
agency.
• We do not allow comments that promote
violence or the violation of any federal, state, or local law, regulation or
ordinance;
• We do not allow the posting of any link or
application that would damage or harm anyone’s computer or software;
• We urge all comments to be original opinions
of the poster and we do not allow comments that violate copyrights or
registered trademarks or are unrelated to the topic of a discussion.
You participate
at your own risk, taking personal responsibility for your comments, your
username and any information provided. Also, the appearance of external links
on this site does not constitute endorsement on behalf of the authors, Denver
Paramedics or Denver Health.
• Language Issues: Prehospital Wisdom and the Denver Paramedics
are not responsible for translation or interpretation of content. In
addition, Prehospital Wisdom and the Denver Paramedics are to be held
harmless from prosecution for bad grammar and punctuation.
• Copyright: Content within this blog, including
comments, is the property of Prehospital Wisdom and the Denver Paramedics.
However, it is probably a lot of effort to secure legal copyright.
So be kind, cite your sources, and don't be a plagiarist. We don't
especially care if you use our content if you cite us as your source.
• Medical Information: While we make every effort to publish correct
information, medicine is constantly evolving and changing. By reading this
blog, you agree not to use this blog as medical advice to treat any medical
condition in either yourself or others, including but not limited to patients
that you are treating. Consult your own physician or medical director for any
medical issues, questions, or guidance that you may need.
• Legal: This blog should not be used in any legal
capacity whatsoever, including but not limited to establishing “standard of
care” in a legal sense or as a basis for expert witness testimony. No guarantee
is given regarding the accuracy of any statements or opinions made on the blog.
• Privacy: This blog is intended to be HIPAA
compliant. While case reports are occasionally used to illustrate a point,
details have been altered substantially. Commenters should also make every
effort to maintain HIPAA compliance in their postings.
• International and Cultural Laws: Prehospital Wisdom, authors, and the Denver
Paramedics are not responsible for defamatory statements bound to
government, religious, or other laws from the reader’s country of origin.
• Limits on Damages: Prehospital Wisdom, authors, and the Denver
Paramedics are not financially liable for any claims taken against the
blog.