Pt was probably only on 2 point vs 4 point restraints, and the velcro was probably improperly applied and/or simply too loose....and was probably only had one or two seat belts applied instead of the full shoulder restraint system......I seriously have no clue why, but even after seeing policy updates and even supervisors doing random checks at hospitals when units come in, I saw lots of crews actively choose to not follow those policies for......reasons? Like you have to drag some crews kicking and screaming to actually apply the 4 point shoulder restraint seatbelts even though that was 100% mandatory for all patients (the exception to policy was actively interfering with treatments but lets face it, how often is that a legit concern where you can't do a 12 lead or whatever because there's a couple straps nearby...) Oh yeah, the attendant was probably sitting in the jump seat behind the gurney, likely on their phone and/or napping instead of paying attention to the psych patient....Which in any case, only further reinforces your point Desert:
But yeah, why you would get flack for the previous shifts failures is beyond me....unless you never noticed the missing O2 bottle until halfway through your own shift when you went to go use it and it wasn't there and you either filled out a check sheet at the beginning of shift stating it was good and it really wasn't 'cuz you didn't actually check (another thing I saw more than a few people do, fill out the rig check sheets at the beginning of shift whilst sitting on the couch inside station....) and/or didn't bring it up to your supervisor right away at the start of shift regardless of the paperwork....if that's the case, then yeah, you OP effed up and deserved the tongue lashing....if not (you did a proper check out and immediately called your Supe) then there's absolutely no reason the chew you guys out because then you didn't do anything wrong
