-> Not to cause trouble on the echo, although inevitably this will, but,
-> who came up with this asinine policy? Of all of the reasons to go
-> lights and siren to a hospital, some good, some bad, this has to be
-> the absolute worst. Not only is this poor patient care, it is poor
-> from a safety and liability standard. How will you, or your employer
-> explain this in court, both criminal and civil, when you are
-> involved in an accident? How will you explain to the families of
-> those killed or injured in an accident while you are transporting a
-> stable patient to the hospital that it was "necessary" for you to go
-> lights and siren to the hospital so you could get back to the race
-> track? And finally, do you go back to the race track lights and
-> siren?
 
I have worked special events, like motorcross, where my partner's view
was as above: to run hot to the E.R. (usually about 20 miles away in
the remote motor-xs), inorder to not delay the racing. Most races
require at least one MICU ambulance on the grounds while racing, so if
the other ambulance is a BLS (to save money), and the MICU has to run a
more serious patient to the E.R., the races have to be stopped.
 
I've also had to stabilize Cspine and airway on an unconcious 12 year
old on the side of a 40-degree inclined hill with 20-40 racing
motorcycles zooming on both sides of me because the MORONIC track owner
didn't want to stop the race because "it was almost over".
 
I love working special events, but unjustified code 3 runs and
dangerous situations make me very wary of who I'll work with as a
partner, and which events I will work...
--- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 
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