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Where did that 1.5% come from?
Do you not think the vast majority of these incidents go unreported, or do get reported but never go anywhere?
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Where did that 1.5% come from?
Do you not think the vast majority of these incidents go unreported, or do get reported but never go anywhere?
I was thinking the exact same thing. Taking lip service is part of the gig. You can't just knock everyone out.Interesting protocol.
Just to further elaborate and frame this in a context where those who are mortified at the medic's behavior and are ready to persecute him...we are medical care givers. This means we very rarely treat a complicated patient on one issue alone. We have to recognize and identify many issues overlapping which all need some attention in order to "fix" the problem we were called for.
This situation and any situation actually is not that different...there are many "comorbidities" which brought the situation to what it is, what you are seeing. This is where human empathy and logic come into play. The system has failed its people in many different areas until they all overlapped, reacted, interacted and festered to an incident such as this.
At the end of the day all we are left with is two very hurt people, a lot of drama on the news so everyone else can ignore their own issues and a lot of righteous people finger pointing. None of this solved or helped the two people hurt the most...
Yes, two hurt people and all that, but I still think it's okay to say that specific behavior -- in this case, dumping a patient off a stretcher -- even out of context, even without having been there to witness it, is bad. I mean, can you imagine a curriculum anywhere in EMS that would include "dumping a patient off a stretcher" as a possible solution to any problem -- even one involving the safety of the providers? I'm trying to picture a practical exercise that begins, "Say your patient is on your stretcher in an ED, won't get off, and has a gun/knife/RPG. What would you do?" Is there a course or an algorithm anywhere that's going to include, even as a third-line option of undetermined value, "Consider dumping the patient off the stretcher?" Seriously, can't we just say that's a dumb thing to do?
The entire weapon tangent is superfluous to this incident. When weapons enter the equation, all bets are off and anything/everything now becomes possible including "dumping the patient" which would actually be on my list of actions of defense.
At the end if the day, who cares if the Pt won't get off the stretcher? Is it really that big of a deal? Call security, call PD, call dispatch and let them know you are delayed. Other calls are going out? so what, there are other ambulances, there is no need to resort to violence.
I sympathize with this guy, I probably have been in situations where I wanted to tip a Pt on the floor...but I never did. And if I was at the point I thought it was OK to do so, I would be on the phone to a supervisor or my PCP asking for some mental help.
He should have gotten help when he started burning out. Too late now. That level of anger and impulsivity is too much to ignore.
This. He doesn't want to get off my gurney in the lobby? Cool. I'll lower the gurney to the ground, I'll call security/pd, dispatch, and my supervisor to just let them know. Then I'll grab a chair and sit. I'll finish my paperwork and then I'll start watching some TV until the patient is removed from the gurney by PD.
Maybe I haven't been doing this job long enough but never once have I thought about flipping over the gurney with a patient on it.