Reply #46: Medic here, If I transport a patient by force

[nadinbrzezinski]

who is A&O x 4, even after bump in head, and I don't have any secondary witness reporting subtle signs of personality changes, for example, or vomiting and there is no other Sign and Symptom... that is false detainment, and quite possibly assault

Frustrating as hell for medics

Been there, done that... had a PT sign an AMA and transported same an hour later with an intra cranial bleed, he died that evening, by the by... on first contact we even had medical control try to talk him into it, by the by

This is why this is called the lucid \dead syndrome

I transported only one patient who could play the game of 20 questions, who REFUSED care, only once, after family said... "he's acting weird."

We knew we were on the edge legally.

Patient had a subudral though... but our only reason to transport and use IMPLIED consent, was the fact that relatives reported a change in personality

Get it now?