This was not too far from where I live. I was under the impression that minors could not sign a refusal and must be transported as implied consent. At least thats what I was taught in school.
I would think there would be a negligence suit in place. They had a formal duty to act and should have done everything in their power to help the pt. Even if they did not have the proper equipment to administer aid, they could have assessed the pt and at least been a bit helpful if at all...
Over here is pretty good, there are a lot that barely passed their cert and they dont give a damn. They usually get canned before too long because they dont know how to do their job. That's good for me though because im gonna need a job soon :)
I'm not saying I do it all the time. There were one or two times where
I was out of shape and pain was going to be the deciding factor if I passed or failed. I never use analgesics when training and I don't recommend doing so. Like you said, you don't want to mask pain especially when...
I work full time and I'm in class right now. They best thing to do is familiarize yourself with the material in the book before it's covered in class and study study study. If you are really motivated and pay attention, you shouldn't have a problem. BTW I used to live in NPR back in the day...
I couldn't stop laughing at the one with the cop. "Take him to the hospital I guess." "you guess? F*** no we are not taking this man to the hospital for a hurt toe"
I would rather just stage in a safe place and let LEO's handle what needs to be handled. If you want to put yourself in a life-threatening situation, you should have taken BLET and became a police officer.
I definitely agree with the mind over matter statement. When I first enlisted in the Navy I was a pack a day smoker. Our first PRT was 60 sit-ups and 50 push-ups I believe, and 1.5 mile run in under 12 minutes. I failed miserably on the run. A week later I put my mind to it (along with...