Reply #78: Read tis carefully... she spoke with the sky patrol

[nadinbrzezinski]

they were the first responders... if she told them no... and she is alert and oriented times four, with no other symptoms, and those will not appear for a while... they acted properly

She has the right to refuse care from FIRST RESPONDERS or any other higher trained responder

The Sky Patrol is the first responder

Got it now? Or do you need more information on how this works?

What she needed, with many other patients that have a bump in the head, and refuse care, and later die, is an advocate that KNOWS them well and can tell the medics, first responders, et al... that they notice something different

See about the patient I transported AFTER the family said, he was acting weird? UNTIL they gave me that weapon, legally I could not transport, no matter how many knotts from here to sunday I tie myself into.

In an ideal world, medics could have been told no thank you ... they would not be able to transport either... By the way my assumption that she was fully functional and capable of saying no early on comes from similar contacts. GET IT?

The symptoms don't appear immediately, why I'd love to transport every suspected head injury. The reality is... that doesn't happen