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Yeah, that's what I want. Someone subject to vomiting or becoming combative or claustrophobic, strapped down prone on a hard board on my ambulance litter.
I think you were looking for supine
I'm sure you're right as to what their response would be but ETOH =/= automatically remove a patient's ability to consent. If they're drunk but able to follow what's going on, reiterate risks and other things they're told I'd say they have every right to refuse but that's just me.
You're also talking to the Medic who had a Physician complaint because I refused to backboard a patient with a confirmed lumbar fracture who ambulated into the Urgent Care two days after the injury.
The patient wrote a letter thanking my agency for the care I provided so that got squashed pretty quickly.