ER Docs Use Inappropriate Means, Causing The Death Of Their Patients.
See? I, too can spout off about something that I'm not qualified to discuss.
Labels: culture, in the news, police
posted by Matt G @ 11:37 AM
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
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7 Comments:
I wonder how they chose the emergency physicians that were surveyed? I've been a PA (Physician Assistant) in emergency medicine for over 12 years and I'd estimate that close to 100% of the docs, nurses, and mid-level providers are strongly supportive of law enforcement. We help the officers out whenever we can, and they do what they can to help us.
Simple fix Matt- Make X number of ride alongs mandantory for ER physicians, where THEY have to subdue the "unruly" perps... THEN redo the survey :-)
Just my .02 worth, YMMV, I' not a lawyer (and don't want to be one), etc... :-)
If perpetrators wouldn't use unnecessary force...
Ah, well.
I dunno, I've seen at least 2 ER docs sew a drunk to a gurney by the ear to keep his damned head still while trying to suture facial lacerations incurred during car wrecks.
I knew one doc who pinned a wet towel through an uncooperative subject's pinna to keep him still *during an exam!*. Those are the stories I can tell quickly, too.
The only time I've seen ER professionals look disparagingly on a LEO was when one in my hometown came in with his wife, who was in labor, shortly followed by his pissed-off girlfriend, who was still a month or so away from full term. Of course, that was not from a professional standpoint, more of a moral point of reference.
Regards,
Rabbit.
In my (admittedly very short) time in EMS, I have run across more than one patient I truly wished LE would take out behind the woodshed and beat the dumbass out of.....
I could not confine my response to the comment section, so I wrote How Often Do Police Use Excessive Force?
Rogue Medic sums it up quite nicley. I only have this to add:
If a suspect is arrested, and does not resist (or get violent) he goes to jail.
If a suspect is arrested, and does resist but not enough to get the tar beat out of him whilst resisting, he will go to jail.
If a suspect is arrested and resists enough to be given the beating he so richly deserves, he will go to the hospital, then jail.
So if the ER docs see only the ones that resisted enough to get sent to the hospital, then their viewpoint will naturally be skewed.
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