Re: Aeromedical Prisoner Transport

["dusty rhodes" <dustyrt@hotmail.com>]

Dear List,
     Is the prisoner still a prisoner, or just a kidnapee, if
you cross state lines?  In the event of an accident are you
liable for their egress if you have restrained them?  Just
some fodder for y'all to chaw.

                                Thanks,






>From: "Barbara Dunham" <rotormed77@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: flightmed@flightweb.com
>To: flightmed@flightweb.com
>Subject: Re: Aeromedical Prisoner Transport
>Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 21:40:02 -0600
>
>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
>
>Safety, its an attitude you can live with!
>
>
>
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>                  - Harold Allen, The Appalachian Trail Conference
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