Unfortunately, in my scenario, we have a GCS 14/15 and NO documentation of
below-neck neurological status until the patient is in the A&E Resus!!!
Nick Jenkins
A&E Consultant
Abergavenny
<http://www.ae-nevillhall.org.uk> http://www.ae-nevillhall.org.uk
And yes, documenting paralysis before extrication (or any procedure) will
provide a good defence to any subsequent accusations, but it is not strictly
necessary to do this as long as you carry out your extrication (or
procedure) according to recognised standards. But I suppose this wasn't the
hypothetical scenario posed by Nick in the first place. All I was saying was
that I believe Nick's scenario is defensible, albeit not necessarily easily
defensible. I think such a scenario would be unlikely to lead to full
damages being awarded against the rescue team, there being a probable large
contributory element related to the accident itself.
Adrian Fogarty
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