Then again, if the paramedics know you’ve been it hard on the head, they might think you are not in any condition to refuse treatment...
Sorta like asking a man who has been drinking if he’s okay to drive...
Yes, I too was thinking she probably felt okay and thought nothing was wrong right then when they asked her.
It’s sad, regardless.
Good point.
This might be one time in Ms. Richardson's life that her fame worked against her. It's only speculation, but the paramedics may have been more forceful with a plain old nobody. Maybe not.
If someone has sustained a blow to the head, emergency medical personnel will try very hard to convince that person to consent to transport to an ER for further evaluation. Particularly with head injuries — precisely because something like this can happen.
But unless the patient is unconscious, an unaccompanied minor, or otherwise deemed incompetent, you can’t take someone to the hospital against their will. When they refuse, you obtain a signed release that documents their informed refusal and protects the provider from liability. At least that’s how it’s supposed to work in the U.S.
“they might think you are not in any condition to refuse treatment...
Sorta like asking a man who has been drinking if he’s okay to drive...”
So, they should have jumped her, shoved her into an ambulance, and raced her off to the hospital??? Talk about a nanny State.
It was her choice. They strongly advised her as professionals. She made the choice. People have the right to make bad choices. Where do you get off thinking you will make choices for them?
Liberalism is people thinking they know better than everyone else and demanding to make choices for them.