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In reply to the discussion: Out of control police officer arrests nurse for refusing to draw blood of unconscious victim. [View all]MuseRider
(35,176 posts)graduated and was waiting for my board scores and my transfer to ICU I worked in the ER. Even back then the first thing they told us is that we were there for the patient. It did not matter if there were drugs, you hid them because the patient was there under our care and if the cops wanted to bust them they would have to wait. The patients need to have complete trust that they will be cared for.
I watched this and I think the entire thing boiled down to a WOMAN telling him no. Even after hearing the hospital policy, even after listening to her supervisor it came down to her telling him no.
Not all cops are bad, not all cops are bullies, not all cops are irrational in their behavior. There was absolutely no reason for this guy to go nuts. The man who he wanted blood from was the victim not the perp. The cause of the accident was that the guy they were chasing hit the guy he wanted blood from who was apparently minding his own business doing his job or just driving. Perhaps we need a blood sample from cops who feel the need to chase people through towns in vehicles and make them run and do stupid things. Perhaps we need a blood sample from cops who cannot follow the law and feel like they can push women around (probably men too but I think the end result would have been different) and be this belligerent and angry over a woman doing her job WITH PROOF that that was her job.
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"Wubbelss supervisor chimes in on the speakerphone. Why are you blaming the messenger, he asks Payne. Shes the one that has told me no, the officer responds.
Sir, youre making a huge mistake because youre threatening a nurse, Wubbelss supervisor says over the phone.
At that point, Payne seems to lose it."
It is just part of it but I would like to see what his steroid levels are or if he has been treated for violence when someone tells him no.