Evening, Weekend and Holiday Emergency Coverage
The Resident will provide emergency on-call coverage on a scheduled rotation basis. Each rotation typically begins on a Friday and ends the following Friday but the exact days may vary depending on holidays. At times when the Resident is on-call, he/she must carry a hospital issued cell phone and must remain within the immediate Utica area. The Resident must respond to a page as soon as possible, but in no event within more than twenty (20) minutes. The Resident is responsible for scheduled on-call dates but may change dates with other Residents, providing proper notification is given according to dental service policies.
Medical Staff Policies
MSP-15. Emergency Room Coverage
15.4 Responding to Calls. The Member on Call is to respond to the ER when requested by the ER practitioner or by another primary or specialty practitioner attending the patient in the emergency room, by return telephone call within twenty (20) minutes
MSP-16. Response Time
16.1 Setting Requirements. The Medical Executive Committee may from time-to-time, in consultation with the appropriate departments and sections, establish on call response time requirements. Notwithstanding, in emergency situations surgeons, anesthetists and obstetricians must be in the physical presence of the patient at the hospital within thirty-five (35) minutes of receiving call, radiologists must be in the presence of appropriate telemetry within thirty-five (35) minutes of receiving call, pathologists must be in the hospital laboratory within thirty-five (35) minutes of receiving call and attending or responsible physicians must be in the physical presence of the patient at the hospital within thirty-five (35) minutes of receiving call.
