Re: Sad Day for EMS and a 16-year old

[Guest guest]

It will be another loss if EMS managers across the State do not use this

event as a training tool to either review their ride-out policies and

procedures or to go through and re-educate their crews on the ride-out

policies and procedures and how to be careful in these types of situations.

We can either sit there and say, " Damn, that was a bad situation " and then

go on or we can learn from it and make appropriate changes to our policies.

if needed. I think the best policy is not to place your crews in this type

of situation and for your crews to be totally aware of what they say or do

in front of riders, men or women, minor or not.

Ron A. Derrick, LP NREMT-P

Director of Emergency Services

City of Fredericksburg

[Guest guest]

It will be another loss if EMS managers across the State do not use this

event as a training tool to either review their ride-out policies and

procedures or to go through and re-educate their crews on the ride-out

policies and procedures and how to be careful in these types of situations.

We can either sit there and say, " Damn, that was a bad situation " and then

go on or we can learn from it and make appropriate changes to our policies.

if needed. I think the best policy is not to place your crews in this type

of situation and for your crews to be totally aware of what they say or do

in front of riders, men or women, minor or not.

Ron A. Derrick, LP NREMT-P

Director of Emergency Services

City of Fredericksburg