{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Paratus Podcast","title":"When Clinical Decisions Have Legal Consequences | Geo Henderson","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2214,"description":"What happens when a clinical decision becomes a legal case?\nIn this episode of the Paratus Podcast, seasoned paramedic and expert witness Geo Henderson explores the intersection of EMS and law. \nDrawing from real-world EMS experience and legal cases, he examines how decisions made under pressure can have consequences that extend far beyond the call itself.\nGeo also shares practical insights to help emergency responders strengthen their clinical practice, improve patient care, and better understand how documentation, decision-making, and preparation can protect both patients and providers.\nA fascinating conversation about making sound decisions when the clinical and legal stakes are high.\n\nThis Week's Paratus Podcast Guest: \nGeo Henderson is an actively practicing paramedic and paramedic expert witness with more than three decades of experience across urban, suburban, and rural EMS. \nHe currently serves as a Battalion Chief and Paramedic with the City of Albany Department of Fire and Emergency Services in New York, and also works as a Shift Commander and Paramedic with the Albany County Sheriff’s Office EMS Division. \nOn the expert witness side, he supports both plaintiff and defense teams in analyzing prehospital cases involving questions like standard of care, delay of care, and transport decisions.\n\nAbout Paratus Medical:\nBinders. Word documents. Paper printouts.\nMedical protocols contain critical knowledge that can save lives, yet they are often trapped in formats that are difficult to manage, track, and use in high-pressure situations. \n\nFrontline professionals are frequently expected to remember hundreds of pages of procedures when seconds matter most.\nParatus Medical develops digital tools that help organizations manage protocols more effectively while supporting frontline responders in emergency and critical care situations.\nOur solutions are used across EMS, intensive care units, patient transport services, first responder organizations, maritime...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/5lPyYUwRdC8V4u4ZUh3Tw0k11xkhYOrZ8ZY0_upSl7k/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84Nzkz/YWEwMjhmZGFjNGJm/YjY0MThiNDBiZGVj/YTAzMy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}