does it still put its blue lights on when leaving?
2006-10-14 02:26:39 · 20 answers · asked by Lisa 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
No
2006-10-14 02:28:40 · answer #1 · answered by Amanda 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I was a paramedic for ten years and hear are some guide line that we used about transporting people that are deceased.
If they are DRT Dead Right There"slang" and it was a crime scene or due to trauma we would leave them with others such as the police and or corner for there investigation.
If there are so called fresh dead we would work them and bring them to the ER, if nothing els for practice sound bad but it would hone are skills for the next one and a difference can be made.
The one big exception were we would transport a deceased person is with a SIDS child. with no apparent cause or a crime scene. We would do this to try and help the family by saying that the child passed at the ER and not in there house during the night. This is always and bad day and a gloomy shift. Some times we would also do this with others if there is a lot of family and the death was on expected, in less there looks to be a crime committed.
Hope this help and as a publick service please pull over if you see the Red light going since we are there to help.
2006-10-14 03:48:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the person has truly died in an accident when the ambulance has been called, it's no point for it to put on the blue light when leaving, because there's no hurry of an emergency to save a life.
2006-10-14 02:55:36 · answer #3 · answered by steplow33 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on company policy and or state guidelines.
In other words it will depend if a physician/paramedic has declared the person dead. Different states have different standards on whom can declare a person deceased. Some states require a physician to declare the person deceased.
So either the ambulance crew would either load person into ambulance and run lights and siren to get to hospital or they would wait for coroner to come to declare person deceased.
If there is even a remote possibility the person can be saved then yes they may run lights and siren.
2006-10-14 02:39:57 · answer #4 · answered by pj_gal 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe it takes a "physician" to pronounce a person "deceased", and until that is done, I believe rescue procedures are suppose to be administered. While rescue procedures are being administered, they do use their blue lights as emergency response, while transporting them to the hospital. I could be wrong, But I really don't think I am. :)
2006-10-14 03:25:41 · answer #5 · answered by Jillybeanyweiney 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It varies greatly from one state to another and can even vary from county to county. It's not unusual for an ambulance to flip on their lights when merging into traffic from an accident scene as a safety precaution.
2006-10-14 02:36:26 · answer #6 · answered by cgspitfire 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no, sometimes they will call a coroner to take the deceased and keep the ambulance clean for another emergency.
2006-10-14 02:35:26 · answer #7 · answered by Porterhouse 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well no coz the body would go with undertakers to the morgue, therefore the ambulance would be empty, would it not? Too cheery for a sat night
2006-10-14 02:38:12 · answer #8 · answered by pinkyblueness 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think so, is it not only the doctors that are allowed to say someone has died i think the ambulance crew must assume someone still have a chance even if they are clearly gone...
2006-10-14 03:24:08 · answer #9 · answered by joe67fish 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the UK an ambulance isnt allowed to take dead people away so they are not pronounced dead until they get to hospital.
2006-10-14 03:08:41 · answer #10 · answered by enigma_variation 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do, at least in louisiana.
They turn on their lights but do not activate their siren and drive normally.
2006-10-14 02:41:12 · answer #11 · answered by WhiteHat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋