Wow. In 17 years, I have never been spit on. Pushed and been aggressive towards, but never spit on. If someone was acting as if they were going to do this, I believe we all carry mask on our units (required equipment) that could have been put over the kids mouth which I have used before to keep from getting that aweful assault, but knock on wood, they have not been successful yet. Full of holes, yeah, someone was paraphrasing when they wrote this, because had the kid been laying on his stomach, he could not have possibly drooled on the medic, and I don't call drooling spitting, unless it was intentional. In any case, what was the police officer doing, sleeping? He should have intervened somewhere. If it was an intentional spitting, then that is battery with bodily fluids and both the kid and the medic should have been charged. One with battery with bodily fluids and one with battery resulting in serious bodily injury. This is just amazing that everyone seems to be on the medics side, when the number one rule of all was ignored. When we have a patient in our bus, it is our responsibility to be the patients advocate, no matter how big of a turd they are being. We as medical professionals are supposed to protect these patients and not abuse them. It sounds as if maybe the medic had some other issues going on when this happened and this probably pushed him over the edge. If this was the case, then his co workers and field supervisors weren't doing their jobs by looking after their personnel. Anger Management anyone. Well, I will get off my soapbox now. Thanks. Craig