Hillsborough County medics implicated in death of man at county jail

[MMiz]

Hillsborough paramedics 'failed to deliver adequate care' to stroke victim, internal review finds

TAMPA — A Tampa man who died from a stroke that went untreated at Hillsborough County jails should never have been incarcerated, but instead taken to a medical facility, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue officials concluded in a review of the agency's role in the troubling episode last year.

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[chaz90]

Link is broken...

 

[NomadicMedic]

I fixed the link. It works now.

 

[mycrofft]

No second assessment by RNs, PAs, FNP or MD at the jail? FAIL.

My facility was forced to work under a decree by grand jury after such BS. We took a decade to get out from under it.

 

[MMiz]

Chain of events:
1. Guy veers into guardrail of highway
2. Non-complaint to PD directions
3. Incoherent and non-compliant with EMS. Refused transport
4. Booked without a medical screening
5. Prone on floor trying to crawl using only one side of body

The Sheriff's Office paid a $200,000 settlement, and the jail's private medical contractor another $800,000.

It looks like multiple agencies failed this guy.

 

[Martyn]

Figueroa wrote in his own letter that Hicks was "revealing psychotic-like behavior" and that he and Jorgensen agreed Hicks should be transported to St. Joseph's Hospital for psychiatric evaluation.

St Joe's has a very good psych ward upstairs, downstairs is a good ER...and it's only about 10 minutes from Tampa General, maybe if they HAD taken him there...