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Podcast: Inside EMS
Episode: Booze, blood and blurred lines: Should EMS play cop?
Description: This week on the Inside EMS podcast, hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson dig into a hot-button issue lighting up EMS forums: DUI blood draws by paramedics. In Vanderburgh County, Indiana, a new program lets fire department medics perform evidentiary blood draws at the request of law enforcement — right on scene, even if the suspect isn’t being transported. Supporters say it’s efficient; critics say it’s unethical.
The hosts share their own history with blood draws in the field and reflect on how their professional philosophies have evolved.
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