Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 15:58:48 GMT From: Just Bob <uctraingnopsamanet.com> Subject: Re: EMT's - question for you
On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 15:49:06 GMT, "F Wills" <Fred.Willsnopsamam.starband.net> wrote: >OK. I'm not an EMT, in fact I've never even been involved in any serious >accidents (knocking on wood) but let me play the devil's advocate here. Why >would you assume that the door is any less likely to open during a crash if >it is locked? I don't get this. For the door to pop open, the mechanical >latch mechanism would have to malfunction. Why would that be less likely to >occur if it has the lock engaged? Take a look at the locks on your car doors and notice how the latch comes around the post securely when they are locked. A locked door is *much* less likely to pull open. >Perhaps it won't slow down the EMTs when they get to the crash site, but >what about impeding any non-EMT's without the benbefit of Jaws of Life or >other Unnamed Spiffy Car Opening Tools (USCOT?) from assisting? Who is going to pull you from your car except an EMT ? Would you want someone to pull you from your car - assuming of course it's not on fire, in which case the odds are only 50/50 that even the EMT's or police (many carry rams to smash windows) would be able to pull you out. Bob
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