There's another one on the way, honest... (Connecticut based incident, apparently...)
Not familiar with Connecticut triage protocol.
But, in Ontario, paramedics would be explaining to their Department, and your Base Hospital Medical Director, and at the coroner's inquest , why they triaged a a panic attack a higher priority than a GSW - if they hoped to keep their jobs.
Based on a 2022 news report of a GSW call in Hamilton, ON , paramedics might even be looking at possible jail time. "Guilty of failing to provide the necessities of life."
The Crown had argued the two men should each be incarcerated for 2½ years.
Probably in a civil lawsuit against the City as well.
I read the family in Connecticut has launched a $40 million lawsuit.
Perhaps there were circumstances those of us who were not On Scene are not aware of.
YES, it is understood patients with the highest triage priority are not always the nicest, or the ones you side with.
In addition to an instinctive emotional response, paramedics also have medical - legal triage responsibility .