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RDAC members press for state action on emergency-room protocols for rare-disease patients
Summary
Members told the council that emergency care pathways and outsourced ER physician protocols can conflict with rare-disease patients' individualized emergency plans and urged the RDAC to pursue implementation steps with EMS and hospitals.
Council members detailed recurring problems when rare-disease patients present to emergency departments and urged development of protocols that preserve individualized emergency plans prepared by specialists.
The nut graf: Members said standard ER protocols or employer-mandated pathways at some hospitals can be harmful to patients with rare metabolic and genetic disorders and recommended a two-track approach: encourage hospitals to embed patient emergency plans in electronic records and work with EMS and smaller hospitals to accept specialized…
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