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Stinky The Clown

(67,832 posts)
Wed Jan 31, 2018, 01:52 PM Jan 2018

Jeff 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.

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Jeff Flake and the train crash . . . . as heard on MSNBC (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Jan 2018 OP
Republicans save lives dalton99a Jan 2018 #1
They're not trained in carrying injured people janterry Jan 2018 #2
Politico reports that members 'with medical training' helped janterry Jan 2018 #8
In all fairness MFM008 Jan 2018 #3
This is over-analysis of his words. zaj Jan 2018 #4
Excuse me. That is BS with a capital B. EMT's do not want untrained people even rolling injured appleannie1943 Jan 2018 #5
Politico reports janterry Jan 2018 #10
What are you suggesting? oberliner Jan 2018 #6
Wudda YOU care?? Stinky The Clown Jan 2018 #12
Maybe God is trying to tell them something. appleannie1943 Jan 2018 #7
"Standing by" means they're doing their job. forgotmylogin Jan 2018 #9
THeyll use this an excuse to cut Amtrak even further. BannonsLiver Jan 2018 #11
 

janterry

(4,429 posts)
2. They're not trained in carrying injured people
Wed Jan 31, 2018, 01:54 PM
Jan 2018

anyway. So, perhaps they helped escort some people with small scrapes?

 

janterry

(4,429 posts)
8. Politico reports that members 'with medical training' helped
Wed Jan 31, 2018, 02:05 PM
Jan 2018

So, there must have been an MD/RN/EMT-trained person/people as part of the republican group

MFM008

(19,826 posts)
3. In all fairness
Wed Jan 31, 2018, 01:55 PM
Jan 2018

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..

appleannie1943

(1,303 posts)
5. Excuse me. That is BS with a capital B. EMT's do not want untrained people even rolling injured
Wed Jan 31, 2018, 02:01 PM
Jan 2018

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)
10. Politico reports
Wed Jan 31, 2018, 02:06 PM
Jan 2018

that there were some members with medical training. I suppose there could have even been an MD.

forgotmylogin

(7,539 posts)
9. "Standing by" means they're doing their job.
Wed Jan 31, 2018, 02:05 PM
Jan 2018

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.

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