Re: Aeromedical Prisoner Transport

["Barbara Dunham" <rotormed77@hotmail.com>]

We recently re-wrote our policy for transporting prisoners (we have actually 
landed at a local correctional facility rather frequently to pick up 
patients - weird feeling landing inside the fences!)

The patient is always secured with some time of restraints - as we do not 
rely on the stretcher straps as a restraint.  The correctional officer will 
always accompany the patient - and his weapons are secured in the cargo 
compartment, well out of reach of the prisoner.

If we are transporting a patient who is in police custody (not already in 
the correctional system), then a law enforcement officer is required to 
accompany, in order to maintain custody.  His/Her weapons are secured in the 
cargo compartment also.

One of the personal reasons that I have for insisting an officer go along, 
(even if the patient is intubated/paralyzed) is that I am not a trained law 
enforcement officer and can not legally maintain custody of a prisoner.

Hope that this helps.
Barb Dunham
Hillcrest AirEvac


This topic has come up recently and I was wondering what everyone else's 
policy or procedures were when it came to the transport of prisoners?  Do 
you or don't you transport?  If you do how do you restrain individuals?  
Will you only transport if they are intubated?  Do you take law enforcement
officers or prison guards on the flight?  If so what do you do with their 
weapon?

Sincerely,

Rex Alexander
LifeLine Safety Director
I-65 at 21st Street
Indianapolis, IN  46206
Office:  (317) 962-3188     Fax:  (317) 962-2190
E-mail: ralexander3@clarian.org
Web site:  www.clarian.org/lifeline

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