Originally Posted By: Phaedrus
[quote=MDinana

A scare would harm the pts less than being shot in their beds! If I was armed in that situations I'd readily assess that I was surrounded by the most vulnerable people imaginable. Would you not be spurred to immediate action? Assuming of course that you believed you were in genuine peril?


Yes and no. I've seen a lot more people survive a gunshot than a cardiac arrest.

And sometimes, the best action is no action. "Don't just do something, stand there!" Why do a shoot out in the middle of the ICU, when you can do it at any time up to the point he starts shooting? Let the day ride out a little and see where you may end up.