Please do not believe him. I am a paramedic and deal with this situation frequently. I give you my word that nothing remotely close to Murron’s description can happen. There are numerous safeguards in place to prevent this.
Every hospital/care facility I have ever worked for has been extraordinarily cautious about declaring a patient brain dead. Paramedics resuscitate and transport in all but a very few cases where resuscitation is impossible. (decapitation, etc.)
This is a serious issue and it astounds me that someone would repeat or make up information like this. It is not a perfect process, because humans make mistakes, but there are an amazing amount of protocols which protect against what is being charged. Please do some research before repeating this information.
And in every organization that I’ve worked in, the organ recovery team is a separate entity from the hospital, so as to avoid even the perception of impropriety. But apparently that doesn’t stop the “experts” here from spewing dishonest statements and believing them as truths.
ping to murron for post #60