Why Do EMS Crews Search Patients Before Transport?
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Image by @mr..aura777 on TikTok.

Texas man with a C5 fracture waits for EMS to rush him to the hospital. Then he realizes why they are allegedly delaying his transport: ‘Lawyer up’

He asked attorneys to step in.

A man who posts on TikTok as Mr. Aura filmed himself at a crash scene and said crews were not rushing him to a hospital. In the first clip, he pointed the phone at a paramedic in a navy uniform with a “PARAMEDIC” patch and white gloves.

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He told the crew, as seen in the first video, “Inadequate care. That’s what’s going on here. I just got in a wreck.” The camera then showed a white sedan with heavy front-end damage, the driver’s door open and the airbags out, resting against a metal pole on a sidewalk.

The creator said he would hold the responders accountable in court and that he knew his rights. He also said he was leaving for another hospital because he did not feel comfortable.

He says a search came before a ride to the hospital

In the caption on the first video, he wrote, “I NEED ANSWERS. I had a concussion and a C5 fracture, yet I say EMS delayed my medical transport because they wanted me searched first.” He added, “I had committed no crime and made no threat.”

@mr..aura777

I NEED ANSWERS. I had a concussion and a C5 fracture, yet I say EMS delayed my medical transport because they wanted me searched first. I had committed no crime and made no threat. I need attorneys to review what happened and determine whether my rights and EMS protocols were violated. If you handle civil rights, EMS negligence, or medical malpractice cases, please reach out.🙏🏽 #texaslawyer #lawyer #medicalnegligence #firstresponders #viralvideo

♬ original sound – Mr. Aura

He wrote that he wanted attorneys to decide whether his rights and EMS protocols were violated. He asked people who handle civil rights, EMS negligence, or medical malpractice cases to reach out. The posts carried hashtags that included Texas, lawyer, and medical negligence. Patients in Texas have reported struggling to get care for their pain, such as when a Texas woman went to a hospital for help with pain related to sickle cell anemia, only to be told it seemed like she was trying to get high.

@mr..aura777

The only thing that kept me standing was Jesus Christ. I was hurting all over my body and they really didn’t want to help me. I had no weapons. I don’t carry weapons. If you really wanted to help me, why were you so worried about what was in my pockets? What are you scared of? I was hurt and needed help. That’s all I needed. #fy #lawyer #texas #medicalnegligence

♬ original sound – Mr. Aura

On camera, he told a firefighter that a person hurt in a crash should be taken to the hospital. He said, “You don’t worry about it just because their skin color – oh, let me search him.” He then asked, “Do you search every white person? Every person that gets in an accident, you search them?”

A police officer in a yellow vest was partly in frame, holding a tablet and an ID card. The firefighter asked, “Is that the problem? Irrational.” The creator answered, “No, I wasn’t acting irrational. I was hurt.”

The firefighter then asked, “Can you, can you articulate?” The creator replied, “No, it was because the color of my skin. I was Black. That’s why you were scared, brother. Grow up, bro.” He also told the paramedic, “I don’t have nothing to say to you, brother. You need to talk to your officers and you need better training.”

A second clip showed a man in a high-visibility yellow vest who said, “So I’m the medical director.” A firefighter in turnout gear and a helmet stood behind him. The director asked, “do you want to sit for a second?”

The director said, “I’m going to listen to you, cuz you never disrespected me, sir.” The creator said, “that officer, the captain, got in my face, and I will report him.” He described his neck, a concussion, and said, “I lost the counter. I flew across the car.”

He told the director, “the only thing that’s keeping me standing right now is Jesus Christ, okay? That’s the only – I’m hurting right now and so much pain.” In the second caption, he wrote, “The only thing that kept me standing was Jesus Christ. I was hurting all over my body and they really didn’t want to help me.”

He also wrote, “I had no weapons. I don’t carry weapons. If you really wanted to help me, why were you so worried about what was in my pockets? What are you scared of? I was hurt and needed help. That’s all I needed.” His profile lists him as 33, describes him as Black, Mexican, and Persian, and says he was “Saved by Jesus Christ.”

Some viewers urged him to take legal action, as one wrote, “Lawyer up.” But commenters who said they work in emergency medicine pushed back on the claim that the wait was about race.

One wrote, “Idk what happened. But all patients depending on the situation will be searched before they get on my truck. I’ve carried someone with a gun that attempted suicide. The guy was with it all the way. At any point in time he could have flew off the handle and shot us. Instead I stayed calm and let the hospital security know immediately. This guy was supposedly searched by pd before he got on our stretcher. Can’t be too safe. If you just let them pat you down, you’d be on your way. If you were really hurt you wouldn’t mind the 20 second search.”

Another commenter said the check was about scene safety, not about him. They wrote, “as someone in ems , i promise it had nothing to do with you. i’ve had ppl threaten to shoot me and someone pulled a knife on my boyfriends partner while they were transporting. one thing that’s drilled into our brains when getting our certification is “scene safety”. they wanted to help you , they just needed to ensure they were safe as well.”

A third commenter said the man in the vest was not a regular firefighter. They wrote, “Yall don’t understand that’s not a normal firefighter. That’s the Doctor/Medical director. He makes all the rules for Emergency medicine.” Questions over who decides what counts as a medical emergency aren’t new, such as when a Georgia man calls 911 from a Red Lobster and police take him into custody.


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