Guest guest Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 Hello everyone, Question, you have the same scenario ( below) and your the EMT in the back, what would you do? What would your medical control let you do, and how would you encounter this issue with the intent of beign safe for you, and an advocate of your patient. I don't remember if I that this patient at autism, if so, would you treat your patient differentially? I am interested in the different answers....thanks! Ron Just another Paramedic Teen Dies After Highway Jump From S.C. Ambulance Monday , March 01, 2010 GREENVILLE, S.C. - A teenager has died after jumping out of a moving ambulance on an interstate highway in South Carolina. Multiple media outlets reported the 16-year-old boy died shortly after the leap near Greenville while be was being driven to a psychiatric hospital in Columbia Coroner Mike Ellis says the teen was restrained on a gurney in the back of a Greenville Hospital Systems ambulance when he loosened his restraints, moved past an emergency technician, opened the door and jumped. Emergency workers treated the teen before taking him back to the hospital in Greenville, where he was pronounced dead minutes later. An autopsy was planned Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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