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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former EMT here. You do not need to leave permission for emergency treatment. There is something called implied consent. It is assumed you would want your child treated in an emergency. An allergic reaction would fall under that.

The reason you would need to give them medical control is if a decision needs to be made that has risks. Your child has issue A, we can do fix B with this side effect or try fix C but it has this side effect and is only 50% effective.....that type of thing. Personally I would want to make those decisions myself even if out of the country. They would not be an emergency case and you can probably get back in time. But of you feel better giving them this control this is what its for, not emergencies.[/quote]

This.  You don't need to give them permission to take your kid to the ER if he falls and breaks his arm.  The ER will treat him.  You need it for non-emergency but still urgent treatment decisions that cannot or should not wait for someone to make a decision.  That is a much narrower band of cases, but we still felt better giving that authorization.  Plus, we gave them a list of basic medical information about the kid--DOB, weight (for dosing issues), blood type, allergies, etc., so that they would have it available in an emergency.  [/quote]

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