Just heard on the news the the medic who gave a patient ketamine and the patient ended up dying was found guilty. Facing a possible 18 years in prison. Just a reminder to keep tucked away in memory that even though the medic and a police officer thought they would have qualified immunity, they didn't on this call. Im sure they initially started out doing what they thought was in the patients best interest, after a lot of investigating, they weren't.
I can remember years ago an instructor telling me that if I were always doing what was in the patients best interest and could justify it, you would never get in trouble.
hppygr8ful, ASN, RN, EMT-I
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I don't know about that. Working psych I have found small to average size people the hardest to restrain!