NYCMedical

In light of the recent incident in Boston, are personnel justified in searching a patient's belongings. Scenario: EMS crew responds to a "street job" and the patient has a large backpack. The EMS crew could unintentionally escort a potential IED into a hospital behind normal hospital security procedures. Granted, after 19 years I'm no longer a field medic, but as I remember things NYPD does not respond to street sick calls in a timely fashion. In addition, EMS Crews don't routinely search patients belongings. Is this a valid concern?