WCDES Declines Yonkers Request For Medical Evacuation Bus during MCI

[JM15 386]

This vehicle is designed to move non-ambulatory patients from a nursing home or hospital. The County Tech Rescue Team will be training and will take over the driving responsibilities of the METU. The facility would have to provide medical personnel and the TRT would provide a driver and an assistant to operate the vehicle (drive it around).

[antiquefirelt 994]

The issues surrounding the particular apparatus aside, the more interesting point is that it appears that there's no deviating from the treat or sign-off rules when faced with an MCI? We all should be very familiar with the need to document the crap out of everything, but at some point the legal liability must not overcome the system. While it's not an excuse to skate the rules, sometimes you have to evaluate the totality of the situation and trust that doing the right thing, is the right thing to do.

[Pagers 197]

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2014/04/25/tax-dollars-work-g-medevac-bus/8146841/

[tbendick 27]

Maybe some sort of on scene medical control, like in the city.