Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 17:11:41 GMT From: Just Bob <uctraingnopsamanet.com> Subject: Re: EMT's - question for you
On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 18:15:39 +0000 (UTC), "SimonJ" <menopsam.com> wrote: > >The door being locked would only affect casualties who were rendered >unconscious or immobile by the crash, (if you were neither, you could unlock >the car or not as you chose) >In the case of unconscious/immobile patients, it is essential to get first >aid to them as quickly as possible. > Simon: These are all generalities, as we can invent any conditions we want. That said, if the lock of the door is all that is keeping it closed in an accident, it would only be in cases where the patient is unconscious or immobile that a 'bystander' would need to provide care. Don't you think that in an accident so serious that the occupant is unconscious that a professional should attend to the patient rather than a bystander ? I'll admit that we can invent circumstances where a bystander might be able to do something productive... but now we're limiting it to "accidents where the occupant is seriously injured and the doors are locked, there is no broken window, and there are no other occupants to open a door, and there is some urgency to providing immediate care such that an amateur should do it rather than wait for a professional. Somehow it seems to me that the benefit of the lock in keeping the door closed in a serious accident out weighs the possibility of these conditions occurring. But, I'm here to discuss, that's why I posted the initial question. Bob
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