Augusta, Maine - EMTs followed protocol in Sugarloaf accident

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I agree

I haven't transported a deceased body in many years. Not since I stopped working for a funeral home.

We do transport a fresh code that we are working and sometimes they do survive, usually not. Or a cold water hypothermic drowning will be transported .

But to transport a traumatic arrest or already cold corpse: no

In this case once it was determined to be a traumatic arrest and to transport to the hospital would place all involved in real risk then turning around in the parking lot and going back to the ski patrol room made perfect sense. There the case was turned over to the proper authorities. Law enforcement and the ME's office.

This was following our State protocols.

I agree. The only mistake was beginning transport in the first place. Someone should have just made the determination on scene. Going out and back is bad form.