> IANA EMT. But infection does come to mind. When I was in the hospital a > few years back with the flesh-eating bacteria thing, I had to have the > dressings changed like twice a day in the wound care department by people > who specialized in these dressings.
> One of the fun facts that came up in conversation with them was that > hospitalizations for infected wounds are actually quite common and some of > the worst are caused by the human mouth. Usually people injuring their > hands on other people's teeth. Pretty sure they said these wounds were > worse than dog bites. > > Also, didn't I read that the victim was missing a big part of his face > including most of his nose? That's pretty extensive damage that has a good > chance of getting infected. > > However I am not sure the policeman did not escalate too fast to deadly > force. No doubt he was understandably horrified, but that doesn't make his > actions correct. That said -- I hate to second-guess a cop in a situation > like that. Possibly he got the victim away just in time to save his life. A > lot depends on details we don't know. Did he warn the guy with the knife? > Was he ignoring him? > > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:15 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Weren't you an EMT? >> >> Please tell me how facial bites can kill you? >> >> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 8:58 PM, PT <cft...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> > On 5/29/2012 7:39 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: >> > > >> > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 4:26 PM, PT<cft...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> If I were the victim, I would tell the cop to fill him up. >> > > >> > > Which is why we have trained police officers deal with these >> > > situations and not freaked out victims. >> > >> > I doubt they covered this particular type of incident at cop school. >> > >> > >> Chewing on someone's face is a seriously life threatening situation. >> I >> > >> would treat the attacker as if he were armed with a knife. If you >> wield >> > >> a fatal weapon, be prepared to be subjected to deadly force. >> > > >> > > Every person has teeth, therefore by this logic, everyone who may use >> > > their teeth should be prepared to be shot with a gun. >> > >> > That is not what I said at all. So you can apply logic to a nonexistent >> > point as much as you want. Doing so changes nothing. >> > >> > We generally >> > > also train police to take down people even wielding knives with less >> > > than deadly force. >> > >> > BS. We know that if a person with a knife gets within 20 feet of an >> > officer who has their handgun holstered, the attacker can be on the >> > officer and cause a fatal wound before the officer can draw their weapon >> > to fire .. even if the attacker announces their intention before they >> > begin. >> > >> > Sure, everyone has teeth. Many people have knives too. The problem >> > comes when you start using them as deadly weapons. If you do, you >> > shouldn't be surprised that someone uses deadly force in return. I >> > don't expect the police to bust in my kitchen and shoot me because I am >> > slicing a tomato, but I would expect them to shoot my ass if I were >> > holding that knife to someone's throat. Do you really think they should >> > try batons or tasers in such an situation? >> > >> > I have seen tasers fail. I have seen people not jacked up on drugs walk >> > off a bean bag hit. Unfortunately, the only sure thing available was >> > probably the pistol. what do you do? You can choose a less than lethal >> > device which is not guaranteed to have the desired effect and maybe >> > waste time or put the officer in immediate danger, or go with with the >> > almost 100% sure bet and shoot the attacker and probably save the >> victim. >> > >> > You can stand there with your taser trying to put down a guy who is >> > batshit insane and is likely feeling no pain, and only end up pissing >> > him off if you want. The dude was actively endangering the other guy's >> > life. Each bite could have easily been fatal. Deadly force was >> > acceptable. >> > >> > > I sure as hell am glad you aren't a cop. >> > >> > So am I. They have to make too many life and death decisions quickly. >> > This situation did not have a perfect outcome, but the officer lived and >> > the victim lived (so far), so it is acceptable considering the >> > circumstances. >> > >> > > As stated earlier in the thread, there are many options available to >> > > try and remove a threat far short of using your gun. Batons, tasers, >> > > bean bag rounds, etc. No one was saying that the police shouldn't have >> > > stepped in to help the victim. They were saying that the police, in >> > > this case, seem to have skipped over a bunch of less lethal options >> > > and gone right to using their guns. Generally considered a mark of >> > > poor training. >> > >> > Or a sign that they had fewer options than you seem to think they had. >> > >> > > >> > > J >> > >> > >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351597 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
