Reply #44: you have a keen ability to come to a firm conclusion based on one side of the story

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should i ever be accused of anything, i certainly hope you're not on my jury.


note that the FIRST duty of an emt in entering a home is to assess scene safety. BEFORE working on a patient, even one in need of immediate attention, emts are trained to explore the house and look for potential dangers such as hazardous materials or other people. during this time it is not surprising for emts to comment on the status of the home.

while emt's can VERY quickly size up a situation, if he was living in squalor it would be immediately obvious to anybody in half a second. it's easily possible for a joke or few to be exchanged while assessing scene safety, locating and approaching the patient, unpacking gear and taking vitals. it's even possible to make jokes while performing cpr, which can get rather tedious.