from what you type i can confirm you are not trained in first aid property. what the medic did was correct, the very first thing you should take note of is neck injuries then airway, breathing, circulation. don't believe go check out what is patient assessment model before you shoot. how are you so sure there is no neck injuries in street fights? if he is down on the ground the very first thing the attacker will go for is region around his neck. you are not there to see the condition of the victim and yet here you got the guts to shoot there is no neck injuries.
U are such an idiot. Do u really know anything about first aid or even the medical field? Read the news reports. Where is there a mention of neck injuries? this guy was running for at least 500m thru the mall, because that was how long the blood trail was. All the witnesses say he was bleeding profusely from stabs to the abdomen and his legs. If you had a neck/spinal injury, u can run so far? There is also no report that the opposing side stabbed him when he was on the ground. He was chased for a while, he and his friends were outnumbered, and ran away. The opposing side gave up the chase after a while. They did not surround him and continue to attack him when he was on the ground. What u are talking about "patient assessment model" is exactly that. The operative word is "assessment". If there is no apparent injury to the neck area, u have to treat the other ailments according to your assessment. If there is a wound to the neck area, its bleeding badly or what not, u treat it, but not with a neck brace. U stop the bleeding there. If you get into a car accident and u have a sucking chest wound, u want a para to spend the precious minutes to put a neck brace on you? Fine, good for you. U die, it will improve the human gene pool.
AFTER ALL THESE, then you treat the rest of the bleeding wound at other area. if you don't know keep quiet, i think she did a pretty fine job just that this situation is too fuck up. i doubt you will have the nerve to think properly in that situation. i did not read the news on this, if there is a wound on the neck like what former forumer said, and from the degree of bleeding it seems to cut the main cutting the main artery. its a confirm gone case unless he is in the hospital within minutes (impossible).
I am not the para, she is. Its perfectly understandable if I can't think properly in this scenario, she is the professional. So, don't go and put me as if I was there. U are making your post based on the fact u have not read the news report, u are indeed a clown. This teen died in hospital 5 hours later. If what u say is correct i.e. main artery cut, die in minutes, than he would have died before the paras got there or on his way to hospital. Not 5 hours later. If he did have a cut main artery in his neck, the para should be applying compression dressing on the neck wound first, stop or slow down the bleeding, or whatever she has to do. How can putting a person bleeding profusely from a cut artery in the neck, into a neck brace help him? To me, this indicates her assessment is wrong to begin with.
SAF/SCDF medic very easy to pass at the first 2 stage. at level 3 its hell, this is real life and death situation where many people keep failing. its not that easy to climb up to be an ambulance crew leader. do you know in terms of first aid treatment a lot medical doctor might not be as fast and quick to stablise the situation as compared to a trained paramedic (except those specialised in trauma). don't believe ask a Doctor yourself.