First Shooting
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If the cops are waving them in I would take that as a code 4, I would then go in and treat the pt.
reaper
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Always make sure the scene is safe!
There was an officer shot. Those officers on scene are not thinking of your safety. They are thinking of getting help to their buddy.
I learned this the hard way, when a suspect walked up and shot the pt I was treating, with 10 cops standing around me!
This is your life. Make sure it is safe before entering!
Always make sure the scene is safe!
There was an officer shot. Those officers on scene are not thinking of your safety. They are thinking of getting help to their buddy.
I learned this the hard way, when a suspect walked up and shot the pt I was treating, with 10 cops standing around me!
This is your life. Make sure it is safe before entering!
Valid point...to each his own. It could also be that the second pt was the shooter and they took care of that.
Aidey
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If you are staging close enough to get "waved in", you are too close to the scene.
usafmedic45
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Excellent. He got what he deserved.
As one of my military instructor said, "If you're close enough to see them, you're well within range for them to shoot you."
Are you willing to bet your life on "could be"?
mycrofft
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Working from the OP's account
Sounds like the usual fluster cluck in a multiple shooting, unlike the sanity experienced in an exercise or sitting at a keyboard. Coulda been worse.
Re "lightning in a bottle", if you have taken care of the critical stuff first or taking steps q-r-s-t won't detract from time and resources from a-b-c, then fine. Tincture of Giddyup is the prime component as/after immediate measures and recording are being done.
Oh, improbable bullet tracks... look for holes or obvious subcutaneous bullets, including flanks, backs, scalps. Record, treat and pass it on.
Last guy I saw shot to death had three scalp wounds, one from "straight up" because he was diving for the dirt and got a .38 straight into the top of his cranium; could not find it due to blood everywhere, long scrungy black hair, gorilla mask, watch cap, and darkness. ABC and didimau.
Sounds like the usual fluster cluck in a multiple shooting, unlike the sanity experienced in an exercise or sitting at a keyboard. Coulda been worse.
Re "lightning in a bottle", if you have taken care of the critical stuff first or taking steps q-r-s-t won't detract from time and resources from a-b-c, then fine. Tincture of Giddyup is the prime component as/after immediate measures and recording are being done.
Oh, improbable bullet tracks... look for holes or obvious subcutaneous bullets, including flanks, backs, scalps. Record, treat and pass it on.
Last guy I saw shot to death had three scalp wounds, one from "straight up" because he was diving for the dirt and got a .38 straight into the top of his cranium; could not find it due to blood everywhere, long scrungy black hair, gorilla mask, watch cap, and darkness. ABC and didimau.
usafmedic45
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Armpits too....especially when it's a small caliber wound, they can be a real PITA to see even on the autopsy table.
Gluteal folds are another occult space that needs to be inspected.
medichopeful
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Couldn't have been, as the only shooting in this area recently involved the death of a police officer as well.
This thread is months old, and was timely to an eerily similar incident in which the Officer involved did, in fact, survive.