On TV I've seen trauma rooms that treated one patient. Is that what you're calling a trauma bay. The trauma room I worked in was one big room with 4 beds. They could treat up to 4 patients at a time....
Quote by ESME12 I am curious...where are you in obtaining your paramedic certification? I did received my paramedic license and I'm considering more advanced training in the medical field. Quote by...
If you're worried about your own safety then having the police in the room should give you plenty of protection making it possible for you to close the curtains for male patients who where not...
I agree if the police have a good reason to come back they should be allowed to. But at the hospital were I worked like many hospitals in this country the police did not have to have any reason to be...
Since police are non-caregivers their presence in the trauma room is un-necessary and constitutes a breach of the confidentiality, privacy and modesty of all patients male and female. Many times a...
In my last post I made a mistake in the last sentence, should have been "the curtains were always left open when it was male patient". I was a paramedic student doing my clinicals at that hospital...
In answer to some of the above questions. For example if you were in a care accident or were the victim of a crime and you were taken to the trauma room for medical treatment the police would need to...
While working in the trauma room in a large US city I witnessed this scenario of the double standard of modesty for male patients many times.The police would routinely walk in the trauma room and...