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And apparently misery ages you, as the CNN article lists her as only 44.
I mean, I hate to be yet another catty person on the internet, but that made me double take.
It is a clearly stated rule in EMS that no patient is to be restrained in thr prone position and it has been so for a decade. Presumably this is because enough folks died just like this.
They used to "sandwich" combative patients between 2 backboard until that also was a no-no. >

It seems like common sense you'd never strap people down like that.  Not an EMT, I just think instinctually that's not what a reasonable person would do. >

The only thing I (the furthest person from being a medical professional) could think make me want to lay someone prone is to ensure they don't choke themselves on potential vomit.
But there are certainly better ways to mitigate that than strapping someone face down in an ambulance. >

You want to position somebody on their side for that. And as a medic if that is something you are concerned about during transport, we have interventions we could do to prevent that. Like suctioning or if we are really really concerned we would intubate.  None of their decisions had anything to do with patient safety. >

According to the coroner’s autopsy report, Moore died of “compressional and positional asphyxia due to prone facedown restraint on a paramedic transportation cot/stretcher by tightened straps across back and lower body in the setting of lethargy and underlying chronic alcoholism.” >

Why TF would they strap him down in the prone position? >

To kill him? They knew better.  That is why they were charged with murder. >

Everyone would know better. This is just depraved indifference. They honestly deserve more charges. How absolutely awful to be treated like a piece of garbage while you are experiencing a medical emergency and then have those tasked to help you be the ones to kill you. Truly abhorrent. >


They honestly deserve more charges.

They are being charged with first degree murder.  That's the most serious charge possible.  They could get life in prison if convicted of that.  What more would you suggest? >

throw in jay walking and tax evasion maybe? >

Paramedic here- you almost never transport a patient in the prone position, barring very rare traumatic injuries that require a different patient position. They also tightened the straps on the cot way beyond a necessary amount. They were frustrated and taking it out on the patient. They also “burrito’d the patient with the blanket (not an unusual thing, but never in the prone position) and clearly had no intention of getting any vitals during transport. All in all, they made horrible decisions that resulted in a man dying and they deserve to be held accountable. >

Ex paramedic here. Have I yelled at someone to walk? Absolutely. After a assessment when my medical judgement is that they can physically walk, but they’re choosing not to. Paramedics deal with all subsections of society, including people that crave attention and try to make things purposely hard. I’m not injuring my back for someone that can walk but chooses not to in order to be difficult. 
That said, I have not and would NEVER put someone prone (facedown) on a stretcher. That’s an idiot move, and I’m not surprised the person died. Positional asphyxia is a real thing, and I’ve even had yelling matches with cops who demanded they be able to restrain a patient face down on my stretcher. My stretcher, my ambulance, my rules. All patients on their back. 
These two killed the person because of their incompetence. >

That EMS woman seems like a miserable cunt.