Guest guest Posted August 3, 2001 Report Share Posted August 3, 2001 It is easy for all of us to sit back and second guess what the individual(s) were or were not thinking. Unless we are knowledgeable of FIRST hand facts I think that we should be a little less critical of the individual(s) as I know from experience that in some situations there are no right answers. My 2 cents. GEEEEZZZZ.... > > Okay okay...having been in EMS since the mid 80's I have a fair > amount of experience in the field. I can't believe that this type of > thing occurs in the 21st century. What the hell is going on here?? > Does deputy do-right turn his brain on when he responds to calls?? I > completely understand the logistics behind the crime scene > investigation, but as many of you have already stated - there are > things that could have been done to aid in the care of the victim > AND the preservation of the " crime scene " prior to ems arrival as > well as while ems was on scene. Dammit... > As a medic in Virginia we commonly got " double dispatched " by the > county dispatcher, and were truly glad if we had anyone else on the > scene already...be they FD, other EMS or police/sherriff. So much > for " mutual aid " .... > > > > > > > > > > The fact remains.......although it might not be the correct service > area, the > > out of jurisdiction service was dispatched and had a duty to act > and respond. > > They could not legally refuse to respond to the call. The other > service > > who's area it was in was actually not dispatched from what I > understand, and > > they actually " jumped the call " . This is a problem that should be > taken up > > with the dispatch center, and definitley the SO deputy who refused > access. I > > use to work in a county where the SO dispatched us, and when a > major accident > > with injuries was reported, they dispatched a deputy to see if > there truly > > were any injuries before they would dispatch EMS. Sometimes this > delayed our > > response 20-30 minutes. On top of that, the SO deputy would then > decide > > whether or not he thought the injuries required EMS, and would > refuse to > > call an ambulance for the people with what they thought were minor > injuries. > > We were told that if we " jumped the call " without being dispatched, > we would > > be arrested. We weren't a private EMS. We were the paid, county > EMS service > > for the area. This just goes to prove the point that the SO isn't > always > > correct in their decision making. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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