Medic Accused of Adandonment

Cases involving patient abandonment are a relatively rare occurrence, and in the few cases where abandonment has led to legal action, it has primarily involved civil suits. Thus the case of a medic in New York city who was charged with the criminal offense of endangering the welfare of a child is highly unusual. The medic transported a 5 year old boy who was injured in a vehicle accident to a Bronx hospital, but apparently did not want to wait for nurses who were too busy to sign the paperwork and accept the patient. He apparently left the boy, forging the nurses signature on his report.

Abandonment is discussed in Chapters 7 and 8 in Fire Officers Legal Handbook.

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