Ive worked for a large fire dept for 25 years and as a paramedic for 18 years of that. We try to limit our scene time to no more than 10 minutes on trauma pt's. On most trauma pt's if you are busting your hump it will take you 10 minutes. If there are 50 hysterical bystanders and people that used to be a nurse at a vet clinic one time it will take longer. The worst people that can be there are nurses and drs unless they have recent emergency room experience. Most have no clue in emergency medicine. I dont know if you have paramedic's or emt's on your ambulance service but if you have a paramedic service close by and you load a trauma pt in a car and surprise an e.r. with a critical trauma pt, then you are an idiot. There is always going to be someone in a crowd hollering about an ambulance "sitting there for 30 min" when in reality it was maybe 10 min. And they are busting their tail trying to quickly stabilize a pt so they will make it to a hospital and talking to a dr. If the child was hurt that bad and you dont have a trauma center close by then that kid probably never had a chance. Most hospitals are not set up to treat severe trauma pts. Most of these pt's need surgery and most local hospitals cant afford to have surgical teams standing by 24/7 like a trauma center. Emotions always run high when a child is injured especially around a mob. Nobody wants to see harm come to a child including the guys that were on that ambulance. I promise you that they did everything in their power to help that child with whatever training and experience they had. They more than likely have children of their own. Bottom line is there will always be some know it all running around saying stuff like "he's turning colour" (whatever t.f. that means) and expect miracles from someone because they have a uniform on. Im sorry for the loss of the child. Ive made several runs like that and it is terrible for everybody involved including the guys on that ambulance that second guess every move they made on that run for a month even though more than likely nothing would have changed the outcome. Where were you during all of this with your training? If you could have picked this kid up and rushed him to the hospital and saved him then why didnt you? If you are trained you had a responsibility to act. I know you werent worried about liability because there are no lawyers where you live and the good samaritan acts allows you to do whatever you want. right? Put up or shut up!
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