Quote:
|
Originally Posted by xepherys
Toaster, why is it a slippery slope? An emergency was called in, but the dispatcher CHOSE not to take it seriously. She was personally negligent in her actions, and as a result a woman died. There is no slippery slope... if you work in emergency services, you have a responsibility to the public who you serve. This woman failed, and henceforth caused the death of the mother in this story.
|
If you start punishing people for making judgement calls in their line of work, you are opening up a can of worms that is best left closed. She wasn't purposefully trying to deny help from the victim, so leave her be, or fire her if she didn't follow policy. There isn't a standard set of responses she should have followed on a federal or state level, so she isn't breaking the law. If anything, she broke company policy. And that's not clear based onthe info we have right now.
We already have people in the medical field taking actions not for the health of the patient, but to cover their ass. Lots of C-Sections are performed at the slightest sign of birth problems because doctors will get reamed by lawsuits if they don't perform a C-section and something bad happens. If something happens during the major surgery that is a C-section, they can be like "hey, I tried my best, I did the C-section".
I also know someone personally that was an EMT that had his paramedic with him sued because the lady who they took in the ambulance had some sort of injury that they didn't see when they filled out the paperwork showing her injuries. That means she could "prove" in a civil case that they somehow caused it, and he was found liable. Scared the fuck outta my buddy, who quit being an EMT.
This is getting long, but basically I don't want medical people acting in their best interests, and thinking about covering their ass. I want them focused on helping ME. That is their job.