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Letters to the editor
Rescue squads defended
To the editor:
My letter is in response to Ms. Racer’s letter questioning the conduct to emergency medical personnel on an accident scene on the morning of April 6,1986.
For starters, emergency medical personnel do not need the the permission of a state trooper or any law enforcement officer to extricate an accident victim from a vehicle. Accident scenes are a very emotional and difficult situation for all persons involved. There are certain techniques involved in removing a person from a wrecked vehicle in order to prevent further injury or futher complicate already present injuries.
As for the time frames being presented by Ms. Racer, accounts given to me of the accident scene and extrication time are not as long as she indicates. We all must remember that in times of crisis five minutes seems like two hours.
Being an emergency room nurse and having worked closely with the emergency medical personnel of this and surrounding counties, I find these volunteers dedicated and well trained personnel, people just like you and me who volunteer their time and energies to help protect our lives.
Rather than criticizing actions which she indicates she has “heard quite a few things about,” maybe Ms. Racer should spend her time and energies investigating the hours these volunteers spent in classroom training, hospital clinical time and time out of their non-working hours doing our community such a very important public service.
As for me, if I’m ever in an auto accident I hope I have to benefit of as well a trained group of people, who will use their heads and remove me from a tangled mess of steel and plastic in the safest manner they know how.
DEBBIE DENNIS Huntly
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