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in harm’s way,” according to the letter.
Carter wrote that “our unit responded to the call and were informed to stage until the deputy arrived on the scene.” Stage is a fire department term for standing nearby and waiting for clearance to enter.
Carter said in an interview that the incident was a suicide in which the deceased had used a pistol to shoot himself and that he was still alive when rescue workers arrived. “If I had this information earlier,” Carter wrote Sherertz, “I would have called for a helicopter to stand by for patient transport.”
The patient had shot himself in the mouth, but was unconscious and alive, Carter said in the interview. He was transported to Charlottesville by a helicopter and died at the hospital. “I don’t know if (Hie five minutes) would have made a difference or not,” Carter told a reporter.
But in his letter, Carter warned: “This delay could be the difference between life and death for the trauma vie
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