Nurse dragged….to police car after refusing to give patient’s blood to cops

Source: The Hill | September 1, 2017 | Julia Manchester

Nurse dragged screaming to police car after refusing to give patient’s blood to cops

A University of Utah nurse said she was assaulted and unlawfully arrested by Salt Lake City police officers in late July when she refused to let police take a blood sample from an unconscious crash victim who had been brought to the hospital. 

Hospital and officer body camera footage shows nurse Alex Wubbels telling officers that it was against the hospital’s policy to take blood from an unconscious patient without a warrant, consent from the patient or if the patient has been under arrest. 

The patient was a semi-truck driver who had struck a car that was being pursued by state troopers. 

“I either go away with blood in vials or body in tow,” Detective Jeff Payne told Wubbels, before telling her she is under arrest, grabbing her arms and handcuffing her as she screams for help. 

While he is still on duty with the police department, Payne has been suspended from the department’s blood draw program, according to The Salt Like Tribune.

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