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CriusofCoH t1_iuvfqyv wrote

Reply to comment by HappyFishDota in Denver firefighters suspended for getting woman pronounced dead even though she was alive by xraygun2014

As a former EMT-C, I can tell you: we were specifically trained and told we could NOT declare anyone dead except in two cases: head detached from body, or evident rot. Anything else was a working code until the hospital took over.

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Noname_left t1_iuvynqg wrote

Please stop doing this. Not every person needs to be brought in.

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CriusofCoH t1_iuw01tl wrote

And that leads us right back to the OP. Gonna err on the side of "maybe they're alive" and the ever pragmatic "how about we avoid a lawsuit".

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SomeManagement808 t1_iv0tdj9 wrote

What part of "specifically trained and told" do you expect them to disregard because of some advice from "NoName" on the internet.

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