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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJeff Flake and the train crash . . . . as heard on MSNBC
Flake was doing a phone conversation with Andrea Mitchell. He said he and other legislators rendered aid to the deceased truck worker. (Good for them! Seriously. Good for them.)
Then he started up again and said something I find bordering on incredible. He said he and other lawmakers carried the injured workers to waiting ambulances, where medical personnel were "standing by".
Medical personnel, at a disaster scene, were "standing by"?
"Standing by?"
Really?
Like . . . . spectators?
I find that so hard to believe that I call it bullshit.
dalton99a
(81,648 posts)except when they vote to kill millions of Americans by taking away their healthcare
janterry
(4,429 posts)anyway. So, perhaps they helped escort some people with small scrapes?
janterry
(4,429 posts)So, there must have been an MD/RN/EMT-trained person/people as part of the republican group
MFM008
(19,826 posts)I called an ambulance..non emergency... for my mom when she fell.
9 medics showed up in the house alone.
They were probably all over the place at the scene..
zaj
(3,433 posts)appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)people over, let alone carrying them. Even they don't just carry people. Where possible they take the rolling stretcher to the scene, they stabilize the patient to prevent movement, usually place them on a back board at a crash site and carefully place them on the dolly.
janterry
(4,429 posts)that there were some members with medical training. I suppose there could have even been an MD.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,832 posts)appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,539 posts)Some medical personnel need to supervise and monitor the overall situation and direct others. It's good to have more people than necessary, and there are tasks to field bystanders, be ready to open the ambulance doors, assist with loading, communicate with dispatch. You don't put all your resources on one task.
In most cases, in a big accident scene, they're waiting until survivors can be located and need help. You don't want all your medical personnel to be the ones digging through the wreckage; they're always ready to spring into action as necessary.
BannonsLiver
(16,527 posts)Mark it down.