I can't let the paramedic not writing a report go. So I dug deeper and found the State of Massachusetts protocall. The paramedics in this case did not follow state protocall.
Here it is:
injury is not suspected (See 7.4 Pediatric Transport for more).
PATIENT CARE REPORTS AND DATA COLLECTION
The EMS System regulations require an accurate, concise and properly documented patient care
report to be completed at the time of the call or as soon as practicable afterwards for all patient
encounters. Pertinent data must be left at the receiving hospital at the time of transport. The
regulations also require that patient care reports include the minimum required data elements, as
defined by the administrative requirement (A/R 5-403).
Note that EMS personnel dispatched to an EMS call in a certified ambulance vehicle of any class
(Class I through V) must always complete an appropriately documented patient care report. This
is required under 105 CMR 170.345 of the EMS System regulations. See last bullet under Patient
Approach, above.
Clinically relevant data must be conveyed to a nurse, physician assistant or physician before
leaving the receiving facility.
The patient care report(s) must include clinically relevant ECG tracings, 12-lead tracings and
waveform capnography tracings when obtained.
Additional data elements may be collected at the request of your Affiliate Hospital.
I think it's likely that the prosecution will call the ME, Dr Scordi-Bello, because she examined the body and found that there was evidence of hypothermia.
The article does state it's likely that there will be more than listed. Perhaps they will call her as a rebuttal witness, restricted to that issue, if the defense calls Dr Laposata.
IMO
Oh yes, the one who wrote there was multiple blows to the head. She will be great for the defense. I think she was the one who also put the cause of death as undetermined. Moo
