Quote Originally Posted by Angus MacSpey
A story I heard once was about firefighters trying to keep civilians away from an extremely dangerous situation. Leave fires, bombs, and marriages to the pros.
Exactly. When I was on the Ambulance a call we hated more than anything else was a domestic violence call because even though we knew that the victim was probably injured, we couldn't go in until police secured the scene. It's never wise to go in unarmed when the abuser might have a weapon (although I do remember one time in PG County when "aggressive oxygen therapy" was used by an ambulance crew that went in without police - for those wondering, "agressive oxygen therapy" is when the entire oxygen cylinder is applied with a decen amount of force to the head or gut of the person attempting to attack the ambulance crew!)