el Murpharino
Forum Captain
- 424
- 2
- 0
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/fulton_womans_family_sues_afte.html
Fulton, NY -- Oswego County sheriff’s deputies handcuffed a combative, hallucinating woman behind her back to protect her from herself when they responded to a suicide attempt at her home in 2006.
In the ambulance, Caniff went into cardiac arrest and died at A.L. Lee Memorial Hospital, in Fulton. A medical examiner ruled that she died because of the position she’d been placed in: prone, arms behind her back and strapped onto the gurney.
Blake’s lawyer, Michael Kenny, claims the EMTs placed Caniff prone on the gurney in violation of state protocols for emergency medical technicians. Patients should be restrained on their backs or sides to allow EMTs to monitor the airway, according to the state’s EMT protocols for basic life support.
Menter’s owner, Zach Menter, said his workers were not the ones who placed Caniff face down.
Fulton, NY -- Oswego County sheriff’s deputies handcuffed a combative, hallucinating woman behind her back to protect her from herself when they responded to a suicide attempt at her home in 2006.
In the ambulance, Caniff went into cardiac arrest and died at A.L. Lee Memorial Hospital, in Fulton. A medical examiner ruled that she died because of the position she’d been placed in: prone, arms behind her back and strapped onto the gurney.
Blake’s lawyer, Michael Kenny, claims the EMTs placed Caniff prone on the gurney in violation of state protocols for emergency medical technicians. Patients should be restrained on their backs or sides to allow EMTs to monitor the airway, according to the state’s EMT protocols for basic life support.
Menter’s owner, Zach Menter, said his workers were not the ones who placed Caniff face down.
