Nashville Auto Accident Lawyer Says “Hat’s Off To The Brave Men and Women Paramedics” Who Face Danger Daily
Thank God For The Brave Paramedics
As an experienced Nashville auto accident lawyer I often come into contact with the EMS folks who respond to Tennessee automobile accidents. Over the several decades I’ve been in this business I’ve interviewed hundreds of these brave and often unappreciated lifesavers.
The dangers they face everyday are not the kind the things that a normal Joe or Jane could handle. When we think about the normal dangers of accident scene work, like being hit by a car, extracting injured drivers and passengers, back injuries from lifting heavy people as well as the emotional trauma associated with seeing dead and badly injured fellow human beings.
They are especially vulnerable to injuries from crashes themselves caused by inattentive drivers who ignore the lights and sirens. There is another type of danger that we seldom think of when we ponder this situation and that is physical assaults by the patients, passengers and onlookers.
A study conducted in 1999 concluded that during 12-years in EMS, those paramedics received an average of 9 assaults per paramedic. Assault injuries resulted in 170 cases of blunt trauma, 73 lacerations, 2 gun shot wounds, 10 stabbings, 1 burn, 8 fractures, 9 dislocations, 1 choking, and 56 cases of miscellaneous body injuries. And then there is always the possibility of being contaminated by blood from people infected by HIV/AIDS.
At Philiip Miller & Associates the experienced Nashville automobile accident attorneys are ever grateful to the men and women who do this essential service. For information about automobile accidents check us out online . Click Here
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