Man being rushed to hospital stopped for speeding

[EMT11KDL]

http://www.ems1.com/airway-manageme...eing-rushed-to-hospital-stopped-for-speeding/

lets have a little discussion regarding this.

 

[MonkeyArrow]

I don't see where there is place for discussion. The traffic stop was valid and legal, going down icy streets with no emergency warning systems at above the posted speed limit and failing to yield to traffic lights will get you or someone else on the road killed. Plus, how is the LEO supposed to know that said person speeding is having an asthma attack? After the officer stopped and saw the man in distress, he immediately radioed for an ambulance.

 

[EMT11KDL]

I don't see where there is place for discussion. The traffic stop was valid and legal, going down icy streets with no emergency warning systems at above the posted speed limit and failing to yield to traffic lights will get you or someone else on the road killed. Plus, how is the LEO supposed to know that said person speeding is having an asthma attack? After the officer stopped and saw the man in distress, he immediately radioed for an ambulance.

I completely agree, but currently there is a huge disagreement on facebook regarding this, Should Law escorted to hospital? Should Law Taken patient? or Wait for EMS like they did? So figured we all could discuss the different options and Pros and Cons for Each option that is thought of

 

[MonkeyArrow]

Yeah. Well, I think it probably comes down to a liability issue of if this man ended dying in the back of the squad car versus in the back of the ambulance, now the officer is in trouble. There is also probably a policy having something to do with someone's insurance and how they don't want LEOs transporting patents code 3 since they are not equipped to do that.

 

[cprted]

I'm with Monkey. These people were putting themselves and the motoring public at risk by having a hysterical person drive like a maniac down sketchy roads. Sounds like the driver states that the patient, "has been using nebulizers all night." If that was the case, the time to call 911 was loooong before their bat-out-of-hell drive.

Police officers don't have medical training. They don't want to transport medical patients. What happens if/when the guy arrests in the cage?

 

[irishboxer384]

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[Altitudes]

This happened pretty close to where I live.

Yeah. Well, I think it probably comes down to a liability issue of if this man ended dying in the back of the squad car versus in the back of the ambulance, now the officer is in trouble. There is also probably a policy having something to do with someone's insurance and how they don't want LEOs transporting patents code 3 since they are not equipped to do that.

Pretty much this.

I'm with Monkey. These people were putting themselves and the motoring public at risk by having a hysterical person drive like a maniac down sketchy roads. Sounds like the driver states that the patient, "has been using nebulizers all night." If that was the case, the time to call 911 was loooong before their bat-out-of-hell drive.

Police officers don't have medical training. They don't want to transport medical patients. What happens if/when the guy arrests in the cage?

And that.

If it takes 15 minutes to drive from your house to the ER & 5 min for EMS to get to your house, then you're getting an extra 10 minutes of treatment before you even get to the ER.

Just a sad story.