Hello again all. I love to read stuff like this.
I know that there seems to be a popular belief in many emergency fields that many of the patients are somehow lesser members of society.
I have been on my soap box before about drug abusers, prostitutes, etc, are people too and do have medical problems. (usually more than everyone else) But I am not here to preach today, just offering this as a reminder to take good care of your patients.
http://www.emsresponder.com/article/article.jsp?id=14023&siteSection=1
Pa. Woman Sues Responders for Improper Treatment
Story by thepittsburghchannel.com
"PITTSBURGH --
A young Mt. Lebanon woman is suing emergency responders who she said failed to properly treat her epileptic seizure and instead charged her with assault.
Jessica Yochum had a seizure Feb. 22 at the Houlihan's restaurant at The Galleria where she works. Her federal lawsuit filed Thursday said emergency medical workers were told about the seizure and should have let it run its course.
Instead, the lawsuit said the 23-year-old woman was handcuffed, shackled and restrained... "
"Yochum alleges violations of the
Americans with Disabilities Act
and due process..."
Well, that's going to hurt.
I know that there seems to be a popular belief in many emergency fields that many of the patients are somehow lesser members of society.
I have been on my soap box before about drug abusers, prostitutes, etc, are people too and do have medical problems. (usually more than everyone else) But I am not here to preach today, just offering this as a reminder to take good care of your patients.
http://www.emsresponder.com/article/article.jsp?id=14023&siteSection=1
Pa. Woman Sues Responders for Improper Treatment
Story by thepittsburghchannel.com
"PITTSBURGH --
A young Mt. Lebanon woman is suing emergency responders who she said failed to properly treat her epileptic seizure and instead charged her with assault.
Jessica Yochum had a seizure Feb. 22 at the Houlihan's restaurant at The Galleria where she works. Her federal lawsuit filed Thursday said emergency medical workers were told about the seizure and should have let it run its course.
Instead, the lawsuit said the 23-year-old woman was handcuffed, shackled and restrained... "
"Yochum alleges violations of the
Americans with Disabilities Act
and due process..."
Well, that's going to hurt.
But when she first comes out of a seizure she is often scared and unaware of exactly what is happening but she is still "altered."