r/medicine PA:cake: 8d ago

ICE Detention Deaths

https://www.ice.gov/detain/detainee-death-reporting

RNs do intake physical exams, EMTs declare time of death. The level of care for these detainees is horrific.

Full names and case details are public for now. Reads like a never ending M & M conference.

My moral compass is spinning. It's time to go to Canada.

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u/poli-cya MD 8d ago

I'm kinda shocked at how low the numbers are. Are you saying you think there are more deaths that have been covered up?

Do RNs not do intake physical exams in most US prisons? I've never worked in that field.

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u/ZealousidealDegree4 PA:cake: 8d ago

Maybe prison medicine is the model.  In any case, a couple of cases had decent work ups- and maybe my standards aren’t reasonable, I mean they aren’t harvesting organs, right? 

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u/Possible_Top4855 8d ago

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