No. It was reasonable for him to assume that EMS did their job properly and actually assessed the patient. I don’t live in the states but it is perfectly normal here (UK) for ambulance crews to “pronounce life extinct” (make a decision to stop any resuscitation efforts) and then phone the doctor to issue a legal death certificate, and I’d imagine American EMS agencies have a similar process.
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No. It was reasonable for him to assume that EMS did their job properly and actually assessed the patient. I don’t live in the states but it is perfectly normal here (UK) for ambulance crews to “pronounce life extinct” (make a decision to stop any resuscitation efforts) and then phone the doctor to issue a legal death certificate, and I’d imagine American EMS agencies have a similar process.