question about being involved in car accident

[edgar0400]

Hey guys I have a question about what is anybody supposed to do if involver in a car accident, and have to be taken to the hospital by ambulance. What happens with your weapon?. I was thinking how are you suppose to proceed in a case like this. obviously you can not take it with you to the hospital or can you?. Or are you suppose to leave it in your car?. Anybody has ever hear about what to do in this case?

[carlson1]

I have been carried by ambulance from my home and forgot to remove my pistol. There was a local Police Officer at the ER and he was very kind. He secured my pistol, found my wife, and followed her back to our car where she locked it in the trunk of the car.

Thanksgiving 2012 we were involved in a very bad accident. My wife and I both had to be carried to the hospital by ambulance. The Police Officer at the scene secured both our firearms (I had two because I was traveling) and gave them to my son (who happens to be a Police Officer in that City).

It probably happens more than we hear of.

In both of my instances the Officers did not act as if it was a problem.

[n5wd]

From the paramedic side of things, if you'e gotten into an accident that suggests cervical spine precautions need to be taken, you'll most likely be fitted with a plastic, stiff neck collar, then strapped down to a long board. A quick head-to-toe pat down (looking for spots that hurt when palpated, not searching for weapons) usually turn up any weapons that you might be carrying on your body. I suggest telling the medic that you have a license to carry and it's on yourright hip, for example.

When that happened to me, my first question was always "is it in a holster?". If it was being carried thugly, I would inform the patient that now would be an opportune time to secure it. If they cosented, I'd (with their help and instructions if they were able) make it safe then lock everything in the narcotics locker. If they preferred to hang on to it, I'd include a request for an officer to meet us on the ramp for a "Signal 32" which translated to a Man With A Gun call. If the firearm was in a holster and secure where it was, we'd ask for an officer to meet us when we rolled into the triage area. 99 times out of a hundred, it was no big deal, even though, at the time, Texas did not have CHL program till the last five years that I was working on a truck.

Of course, if you're unconscious, you're probably going to have the gun found during the head to toe in the field or in the truck, and it'll be taken care of similarly, till it can be transferred to one of the officers working at the hospital.

[2farnorth]

In my case, when I was conscious enough to think about it, I told the deputy that there was a holstered gun under the seat of my wrecked car. I was out on the ground being tended to for head injuries by emt. He had a guy from the Fire Dept dig through the broken glass to retrieve it. He then gave it to my wife when she arrived on scene. Told her to secure it in her car. Never removed from the holster or cleared it.
This was out in a rural area at 2:30-3:00 am. I had hit a cow with my little sports/economy car on my way to work.