Drinking in the summer.

[riskynremtp]

Prior to the idiot running, why did he need an ambulance anyway? He should have been PD's problem, or let me guess, he said he was "hurting". Well, you're gonna hurt if you are a drunk. PD should have just locked the stupid idiot up, and not sluffed him off on EMS. Keep the ambulances free for people who really need them. We're not PD, or AA. That idiot was a waste of resources. We've got better things to do don't we?

[blueangelfightr]

Hello, HIPAA, number one.

Number two, what the heck is an EVMT?

Wendy

CO EMT-B

EVMTS (Essex Valley Medical Transportation Services) is an EMS system ran by East Orange Hospital that covers the towns of Orange and East Orange as the primary EMS service. They don't have the best reputation around here.

[EMT City Administrator]

I have not viewed it a second time, but I think it was a citizen that filmed it.

Hipaa not relevant.

[mediccjh]

It was indeed a bystander that filmed it, not an EMS member.

Needless to say, I watch my surroundings even more now when I'm working in that area.

[edogs334]

I can't see why the EMT's and the cop couldn't control their patient. Who the heck would just let a dk run loose like that, only to crash into the back door of a truck? If you listen closely to the video, you can hear one of the bystanders saying "I think we need to call a real am-BU-Lance." I wasn't there, but I saw enough to say that I could be in greater agreement with whoever said the latter.

[riskynremtp]

Until that idiot showed me some reason besides stupidity as his reasoning for needing an ambulance, he would not even be considered a patient. I for one am not gonna chase an idiot like that. My FIRST order of business would have been to ask the officer why he needed us there. We don't call them when find a cardiac arrest, so why do they call us when they find a drunk. The answer is simple. Paperwork. In many states, if a Medic or EMT in any way restrains someone, as I've heard suggested here, that could be viewed as simple battery. Having been a Police Officer, I try to keep up with some laws governing EMS. This thread has surprised me, that I would actually see someone stating things like HIPPA, neglect, losing lisences, and etc. This entire video was a law enforcement issue, until the idiot hit the truck, which shouldn't have been there in the first place. As far as the female bystander running her mouth toward the end of the video, I would have told her to KMA, and keep moving. She's almost as stupid as the fool that hit the rig.

[zzyzx]

Wow, I've never seen anything like that before. Letting a drunk person run out into the street? These guys make us all look bad.