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More from Other NewsSt. John's Regional Medical Center in Oxnard was locked down briefly Sunday night after a man with a gunshot wound caused a stir in the emergency room, police said.
Tomas Gomez, 22, of Oxnard, showed up at the hospital about 10:30 p.m. with a gunshot wound to his right forearm, said David Keith, a spokesman for the Oxnard Police Department.
Hospital staff called for a lockdown after Gomez was allegedly "loud and very disruptive," Keith said. Keith would not elaborate on the disruptive behavior. He directed questions to the hospital.
No one has been arrested in connection with the incident. Oxnard police are investigating, but as of Monday afternoon they had not determined how Gomez was shot, Keith said.
Posted by archtmf on July 2, 2007 at 6:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Two words: Gang Banger.
Posted by cowboyrob on July 2, 2007 at 10:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I am just very upset about this. How are we going to replace the wasted gauze used on this loser? This gauze could have been better used cleaning up spilt coffee in the cafeteria. I am just waiting for someone to say how much of a "good boy" he was or how he "got caught up with the wrong crowd." This guy IS the wrong crowd. Its just too bad he was shot in the arm.
Posted by ScumBuck on July 2, 2007 at 10:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I concur with the majority opinion here. Should have shipped him to County in the back of a police car.
Posted by Tom_Johnston on July 3, 2007 at 7:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Every prior post is a good case to make for these people not deciding how an ER is run.
I'll grant you that "bad guys" exist, and they are out there and they get hurt...but when ANYONE comes into the ER...do the previous posters really want anyone combative to be euthanized? Get the brownshirts out I guess.
In the moment..in the ER you don't know anyting about that person other than they are injured, maybe severely. Our job is to keep them alive, not pick and choose who deserve treatment.
I know of a young man, or a boy if you will, nice kid, good family and a friend of my son. Wrecked his car, came to our ER and was combative..got his head bonked good. He had to be sedated and paralyzed then intubated and placed on a ventilator to keep him alive while he was treated.
A day or so later...extubated and awake/aware...told what had happened, he was horrified and wanted to apologize to his caregivers.
Despite the previous postes idiotic remarks and what amount to an urban fatwa calling for death..(those Islamofascists might not be so different than us after all!) I don't think that First Responders should be judge/jury and executioner...lest some good boy get offed because his bell got rung but good.
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