Reply #13: That was the cop [View All]

[nadinbrzezinski]

here is an insight about EMS in the US... in any call the cops have precedence over the medics. In fact, medics do NOT go into a scene until properly secured by cops. And that can take oh many forms, including shitty actions like this.

On the other hand in Mexico, where I did this... a similar call (medically speaking that is) I got a bite from a patient and the cop on scene (it was one of those neigborghoods where they sent them to cover our asses when available) helped us get the vein access. Patient, who was an American citizen, got the drugs needed... tranasported to the border, and since he did break skin... it was a pain to get the clearance that he did not have Hepatitis or AIDS... from San Diego County, but that is another fight and another story.

And the turn out gear saved my arm that day. I still have that scar.

And those are the kinds of procedures that NEED to change.