Nothing but BAD news?!?

[Richard B the EMT]

1) Murdock (Larry Hagman), although played as kind of a villain, had the only line that rang true, at least for me, in "MJ&S". He realized a kidney failure/dialysis patient was dying, but didn't try getting permission for going into full emergency response mode. After the patient died in transit, he commented "I hope they don't try to pin it on us."

2) Newspapers and the rest of the 5th estate have a simple philosophy:

If it bleeds, it leads.

Bad news usually gets the big headline. Which would sell newspapers, the headline "Dying patient wills all usable organs to save lives of 10 children", or "Gunman kills 10 children awaiting transplants"? It is an unfortunate commentary on both humans in general, and the times we live in, that the gunman, not the patient making the organ donations, will get the front page.

It is like the so called "att-a-boy/att-a-girl" awards, that no matter how many you've achieved, one "aw-shoot" wipes them all out. (I cleaned that up for family viewing purposes)

[Rettungsassistentin]

Every career/occupation/trade has its share of scumbags (except for the fire department :roll: ), EMS is no different. There does need to be some accountability to make sure these idiots get their licenses revoked and possible jail time.

[Chief1C]

Thankfully for (us), all of those were career EMS services.