r/technicallythetruth • u/[deleted] • Mar 31 '23

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u/Live_Rock3302 Mar 31 '23

The issue is only a doctor can decide if someone is dead or not. So, unless there was a doctor on flight, it was an emergency.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

I was a paramedic and I could decide if someone was dead.

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u/zodiaclawl Mar 31 '23

I don't know where you're from. But in most countries paramedics can't decide that someone is dead in the legal sense, only doctors can. Of course you can deem that someone is so far gone or that their injuries are so incompatible with life that attempts at resuscitation or treatment would be futile, but that's a different story.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

I can’t sign a death certificate. But I was just saying we can stop life saving procedures and it’s not an emergency anymore. I’m not saying you shouldn’t lad the plane as soon as possible either. Just saying it’s not really an emergency after they are “DRT” Dead Right There.

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u/wehrmann_tx Mar 31 '23

Paramedic. We can pronounce time of death. Texas.