I read another version, that the cop is a phlebotomist who does blood draws on DUI suspects, that he HIMSELF wanted to do the blood draw, and the nurse wouldn’t allow him access to the patient.
Further that the patient was not only unconscious, but burned, and therefore at very high risk of infection, and obviously the police officer is not trained in infection control the way a medical professional is, and should be no where near that patient.
IMO, the doctor in charge should have stepped up as well, administration should have been called, and the hospital attorney. The nurse shouldn’t have to face down,by herself, a police officer violating not only hospital policy but the law, and endangering a patient.
Cops cannot draw blood in a hospital unless authorized by the hospital. They don’t have medical privileges there. Just because you are certified at something doesn’t mean you get to do it anywhere you’d like. Cops have limits, regardless of what their fragile and primal egos think.
“...dministration should have been called...”
The nurse had her supervisor/administrator on speakerphone in conversation with the detective when the detective went nutso and arrested the nurse. I’ve also read the nurse was the Charge Nurse.
That's what I had read as well. I have done tons of these draws for police in hospitals and the paperwork comes first.
Doesn’t matter if he was an MD. The patient has to consent to treatment. The entire matter is ludicris. Police know when they can and when they can’t get blood. all they needed was an arrest warrant. Probably lacking detail(s).
It doesn’t matter who the patient is. Police have no right to order medical personnel without a Court Order. This Nurse should make $millions. The cop should be fired and any Supervising Officer that was present.
Administration was called and told the officer that he was wrong.
That seemed to have been what sent him off.
I read the blood they wanted was from a tucker who got hit by someone the cops were chasing. Wtf?
It seems like if the cop had any guts at all he would have just walked in and drawn the blood. Nobody would have physically stopped him. Instead he attacked an innocent female. 100% Gutless.
There was NO REASON to take blood from this man. He was a victim in the accident, he was not suspected of any crime. Had there been a reason to take his blood a warrant could have easily been obtained. I don’t know what was wrong with these cops, it seems like either they were drunk with power or completely confused, neither of which are qualities one seeks in a LEO.
Further that the patient was not only unconscious, but burned, and therefore at very high risk of infection, and obviously the police officer is not trained in infection control the way a medical professional is, and should be no where near that patient.
He just wanted to be able to ho home at the end of his shift without getting indicted.
> IMO, the doctor in charge should have stepped up as well... <
That’s a very good point, and one I have not seen brought up before. Where the heck were the doctors?
You are absolutely correct. The nurse should not have had to stand up against them alone.
The cops are so typical. Instead if defusing a situation they usually escalate it. There terms are absolute and not negotiable even when they should be.
I suppose according to this creep cop, he should be able to collect evidence in other ways too...like maybe he himself doing a rape exam on an unconscious female rape victim....
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Lots of cops are given a 10 minute course in phlebotomy.
Means absolutely nothing.