Physicians in police tactical teams - ethical considerations.
Damage control
Ethics
Police tactical team
Prehospital
Tactical medicine
Journal
Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine
ISSN: 1757-7241
Titre abrégé: Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101477511
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
29 Aug 2023
29 Aug 2023
Historique:
received:
10
08
2023
accepted:
11
08
2023
medline:
31
8
2023
pubmed:
30
8
2023
entrez:
29
8
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
High-profile mass shootings, terrorist attacks, and experience acquired during recent conflicts have led to a shift in police tactics, who now follow an aggressive approach to immediately neutralize the threat in addition to providing early tactical medical care. A growing number of police tactical teams now include physicians in their ranks to increase the level of forward care. Many ethical questions arise from having physicians on police tactical teams, such as the notion of risk, the use of force, and the ultimate role the physician is expected to play. Having a physician in such a team may be an invaluable asset to increase the team's safety and allow for advanced forward care, however, this requires two important conditions. The first is that the role of the physician is clearly defined and that what is expected of him is in line with medical ethics, while the second is extensive tactical training with the team to collaborate flawlessly in this complex, high-stress environment.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37644598
doi: 10.1186/s13049-023-01110-z
pii: 10.1186/s13049-023-01110-z
pmc: PMC10466767
doi:
Types de publication
Letter
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
42Informations de copyright
© 2023. Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation.
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