| > Did you read the article? Yes. > The patient did not go to jail. The patient was almost taken to jail. The EMS left him there to be transported to jail. > There was a 10 minute delay in care, until the patient became unresponsive and was transported to the hospital. Please don't be apologetic for other people's screw ups. We have enough of that everywhere already. "Oh it was just 10 minutes more of stroking and stuff. No biggie." It's a stroke, you die in that 10 minutes. > Do you really see no difference in culpability between someone standing by and allowing torture to happen, vs someone who attempts to argue with, but eventually concedes to a guy carrying a gun? No. We are talking about the legal system, where such cases can be used as precedents. When you are an EMS or physician otherwise, you were at fault, and it is pardoned because "I was so very much intimidated oh my," it will be pardoned as long as you can prove you were "intimidated." "Oh judge it was a CIA agent, I was intimidated so I stayed and supervised it." I find it disturbing and disgusting that (1) the defense attorney is using that as an excuse, and (2) the EMS allows his defense attorney to do that. And where is the lawsuit against the cop for intimidation (civil) and misconduct (criminal)? |
The paramedic absolutely screwed up. He should have called his supervisor, or his medical control physician. He was inexperienced and let himself get pushed around and eventually backed down when he should have stood up for his patient. I still don't see how you can remotely compare that to being a willing participant in a crime.