Re: EMT Gets Prison After Defibrillator Prank Kills Co-Worker
10 years, IMHO, would not have been enough.
He was a dense, greenhorn moron.
I think he was trying to "flirt" with her and I bet he thought it would be cute and be something to get attention from the young woman.
If anything good could come out of this, it would be some changes in training and policy. IMO, they should be trained completely before they're ever put on an ambulance crew, and even then they shouldn't be allowed to touch any equipment until they've had a certain length of "observation" time.
This is not a game we're playing here when people's lives are concerned and dangerous equipment is in use.
For the first time in my life, 2 months ago, I was taken to the ED in an ambulance. They did an excellent job of taking care of me, but if the crew doesn't know what they're doing so many things can go wrong so fast.
You've just got to have people on the ambulance crew who know what
to do, no other way about it.
Someone as dense and untrained as this young man was, is of no help to their co-workers or the patient.
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