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> If forced sedation is banned the critical nationwide shortage of EMS personnel will become much worse than it already is. Nationwide shortage gets worse beca
by felsokning 2y ago
> If forced sedation is banned the critical nationwide shortage of EMS personnel will become much worse than it already is.
Nationwide shortage gets worse because people can't kill other people without consequence? Fine. At least I won't be worked on by people that have no concern[s] about killing someone - just because they're scared.
To whit: What is the point in being an EMT/EMS, if you do not care if you're killing people, as is demonstrated by the article? It seems entirely antithetical to the entire point of your role/job, does it not?
- ImJamal 2y agoYou should reread the post. He is saying it is basically impossible for to help certain people without sedating them. That means they WILL die. Instead they could sedate a person and they MAY die. Your policy would result in more deaths.
- felsokning 2y ago> You should reread the post. Did you RTFA? Are EMTs/EMSs - entirely - incapable of telling police to not put their body weight on the backs of "certain people" (to use your vernacular), which clearly contributes to the issue of them dying -- negating the levels of the drug being another contributing factor? There is shared culpability in these scenarios but, sure, no one could handle these people for hundreds of years before sedation was used, so they killed them all, right? That's your and the OP's rationale, from what you're saying. > Your policy would result in more deaths. My policy? More deaths? Give me the numbers/statistics on how this policy has saved _more_ lives. I'll wait...
- ImJamal 2y agoI'm not sure what you are even saying. This has nothing to do with police or putting body weight on a person. If anything not using sedatives would lead to more EMTs putting body weight on people.