Comments on: Scot Free http://trismus1.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/scot-free/ My experiences as an ER doc Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:37:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jay http://trismus1.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/scot-free/#comment-6327 Jay Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:53:11 +0000 http://trismus1.wordpress.com/?p=178#comment-6327 It's not the same everywhere. I was stopped for a snow covered license plate while driving straight and level on my side of the road, had a blood test of .070 (which took months to process), and about 50 weeks after my arrest I pleaded to non-alcohol reckless anyway rather than spend another $10,000 on a trial. Yes, some jurisdictions will try you for blood alcohol *under* the limit. I guess it had the desired effect anyway, because right, wrong, or somewhere in between, I won't be repeating that ever again. No way dude. I don't know what to say about .320 girl. Obviously, the law isn't always applied in a way that makes sense. It’s not the same everywhere. I was stopped for a snow covered license plate while driving straight and level on my side of the road, had a blood test of .070 (which took months to process), and about 50 weeks after my arrest I pleaded to non-alcohol reckless anyway rather than spend another $10,000 on a trial. Yes, some jurisdictions will try you for blood alcohol *under* the limit.

I guess it had the desired effect anyway, because right, wrong, or somewhere in between, I won’t be repeating that ever again. No way dude.

I don’t know what to say about .320 girl. Obviously, the law isn’t always applied in a way that makes sense.

]]> By: Dr. Greenbbs http://trismus1.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/scot-free/#comment-6205 Dr. Greenbbs Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:25:30 +0000 http://trismus1.wordpress.com/?p=178#comment-6205 we had a guy today with a 25cm x 6cm "rectal foreign body" today, which proceeded to ex-lap and colostomy. i have x-rays to prove it's size and girth. email me to obtain ;) we had a guy today with a 25cm x 6cm “rectal foreign body” today, which proceeded to ex-lap and colostomy.

i have x-rays to prove it’s size and girth. email me to obtain ;)

]]> By: Ruby http://trismus1.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/scot-free/#comment-6182 Ruby Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:33:07 +0000 http://trismus1.wordpress.com/?p=178#comment-6182 Dang. I don't even know what to say to that. Dang.

I don’t even know what to say to that.

]]> By: ermurse http://trismus1.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/scot-free/#comment-6171 ermurse Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:35:39 +0000 http://trismus1.wordpress.com/?p=178#comment-6171 we have this happen in our ED often. most of the time, the officers leave to swear out a warrant and arrest the individual later (which makes no sense to me). we have this happen in our ED often. most of the time, the officers leave to swear out a warrant and arrest the individual later (which makes no sense to me).

]]> By: ethos T-shirts - London http://trismus1.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/scot-free/#comment-6165 ethos T-shirts - London Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:35:40 +0000 http://trismus1.wordpress.com/?p=178#comment-6165 Its one thing putting your own life at risk but a completely different and critical story when others are at risk due to someones ignorance or stupidity or downright arrogance. Its one thing putting your own life at risk but a completely different and critical story when others are at risk due to someones ignorance or stupidity or downright arrogance.

]]> By: hannah http://trismus1.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/scot-free/#comment-6155 hannah Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:52:24 +0000 http://trismus1.wordpress.com/?p=178#comment-6155 I had the exact opposite experience with my DUI. (And, no, I will never drink the tiniest amount of alcohol and drive again. Or use my cellphone and drive. Or drive while tired. The thought of almost injuring someone else has definitely spread to all aspects of my life and how I conduct myself.) Hit an utility pole head-on at about 45 mph, no seat belt. Major concussion; I was bleeding, babbling, totally incoherent, and not drunk enough to be those last two things because of alcohol alone. Anyway, they took me to the station and did the whole hour-long booking session where I kept barfing on myself, falling asleep, etc., and then they dumped me at the ED. The officer didn't even wait for the attending to see me before he took off -- of course, I had no idea where I was, what had happened in the last few hours, or why I was in the hospital to begin with. I can't even look at most booze anymore without associating it with the intense pain of the concussion. Surreal. /so happy that she only injured herself that night. Stupid, stupid shit. I had the exact opposite experience with my DUI. (And, no, I will never drink the tiniest amount of alcohol and drive again. Or use my cellphone and drive. Or drive while tired. The thought of almost injuring someone else has definitely spread to all aspects of my life and how I conduct myself.) Hit an utility pole head-on at about 45 mph, no seat belt. Major concussion; I was bleeding, babbling, totally incoherent, and not drunk enough to be those last two things because of alcohol alone.

Anyway, they took me to the station and did the whole hour-long booking session where I kept barfing on myself, falling asleep, etc., and then they dumped me at the ED. The officer didn’t even wait for the attending to see me before he took off — of course, I had no idea where I was, what had happened in the last few hours, or why I was in the hospital to begin with.

I can’t even look at most booze anymore without associating it with the intense pain of the concussion. Surreal.

/so happy that she only injured herself that night. Stupid, stupid shit.

]]> By: Dr. Harvey Wallbanger http://trismus1.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/scot-free/#comment-6152 Dr. Harvey Wallbanger Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:56:56 +0000 http://trismus1.wordpress.com/?p=178#comment-6152 Disgraceful. Imagine not doing your job because of excess paperwork. If that was kosher in the medical field no one would get treated. I still think that it is probably reasonable to call the police dept this late and tell them the situation. It should be a reflex but I know that you have to worry about facing that cop in the community if you see him again. He would likely get reprimanded and have a vendetta for you. Keep up the good blog. Disgraceful. Imagine not doing your job because of excess paperwork. If that was kosher in the medical field no one would get treated. I still think that it is probably reasonable to call the police dept this late and tell them the situation. It should be a reflex but I know that you have to worry about facing that cop in the community if you see him again. He would likely get reprimanded and have a vendetta for you.

Keep up the good blog.

]]> By: WhiteCoat http://trismus1.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/scot-free/#comment-6151 WhiteCoat Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:09:30 +0000 http://trismus1.wordpress.com/?p=178#comment-6151 I would have called the police department and asked for the badge/beat number of the cop who brought her there and the name of the sergeant on duty. Tell them you need to include their names in the medical record since they left her in the ED without arresting her for DUI. I would have called the police department and asked for the badge/beat number of the cop who brought her there and the name of the sergeant on duty. Tell them you need to include their names in the medical record since they left her in the ED without arresting her for DUI.

]]> By: RC http://trismus1.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/scot-free/#comment-6150 RC Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:51:41 +0000 http://trismus1.wordpress.com/?p=178#comment-6150 Ugh. Speaking as a firefighter, who gets to see only too often, the fact that most drunk drivers barely hurt themselves, they usually end up killing/hurting someone else, this is just frustrating. Speaking as a mom, it scares me to think that these are the type of people who will be surrounding my son, in his life. People with no regard for the lives around them. The fact that the cop did nothing just makes me crazy. Ugh.

Speaking as a firefighter, who gets to see only too often, the fact that most drunk drivers barely hurt themselves, they usually end up killing/hurting someone else, this is just frustrating.

Speaking as a mom, it scares me to think that these are the type of people who will be surrounding my son, in his life. People with no regard for the lives around them.

The fact that the cop did nothing just makes me crazy.

]]> By: C. http://trismus1.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/scot-free/#comment-6149 C. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:26:30 +0000 http://trismus1.wordpress.com/?p=178#comment-6149 Certainly a negligence liability on the part of the police department and the office. Isn't that what they are paid to do - Protect and Serve? Certainly a negligence liability on the part of the police department and the office. Isn’t that what they are paid to do – Protect and Serve?

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