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On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:25 +0000, ghowd at statems.net wrote:
> None that I can cite but definitely sufficient direct observation to form
> an opinion. Over the years, many spent working in an ED, I have seen
> plenty of errors in judgment by not only staff, but security personnel,
> an unfortunate few of which ("sentinel events) resulted in lawsuits and
> the premature end of careers. 

It sounds as if you have a problem with the training/oversight of
personnel, rather than the tools they are using. If the problem is not
with the TASER, that they apparently do not have, how does prohibition
of TASERs affect the behavior of people who are misbehaving? 

> I concede it may be a necessary evil in some of the larger metropolitan
> areas but cannot see the need in an average Emergency Department.

Is agitated delirium isolated to major metropolitan areas?

Tim Noonan.

> Guy E. Howd EMTP, EMSIC
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: htaed_rd at 123mail.org
> 
> Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:17:58 
> To: Trauma-List [TRAUMA.ORG]<trauma-list at trauma.org>
> Subject: Re: Taser in ER
> 
> 
> Do you have any evidence to support that statement?
> 
> Perhaps something that is from a reputable journal.
> 
> Tim Noonan. 
> 
> On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:11 +0000, ghowd at statems.net wrote:
> > None here in Michigan, thank the gods of liability. At face value, this
> > may be one of worst, potentially ironic, ideas I've heard of in some
> > time.
> > ------Original Message------
> > From: Andrew J Bowman
> > Sender: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org
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> > ReplyTo: Trauma-List [TRAUMA.ORG]
> > Subject: Taser in ER
> > Sent: Aug 2, 2009 14:09
> > 
> > I saw in the USA TODAY that Eastern Maine Medical Center ER would be  
> > purchasing a Taser to keep in the department. Any others have one in  
> > their ER?
> > 
> > Typed by my index finger and sent from my iPhone.
> > 
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