I had a similiar experience. Somebody got hit by a car on the street in front of the ER. A bystander called 911 and a family member alerted the ER staff. The ER staff responded with their own equipment and were treating the patient before we arrived. I had no problem with the ER staff doing this but the patient was off hospital property, on a street. None of them were watching traffic while they were on the street. All I needed was another car to plow into the ER staff on top of the patient they were treating. How do you explain that?! An MCi made up of the ER staff. The thought was frightening.I had to stop traffic and make sure the ER staff was safe as well as the patient.
The ER staff insisted I write a PCR because the patient was off hospital property and they were not covered by insurance to do such. So I ended up covering the hospital and their staff in both safety and liability. I didn't care for that aspect. The patient did fine and had only minor injuries.
