E veryone needs to stop with the speculation and finger pointing. You need to wait for the investigation to run its full course.
There is a lot of information I am sure, none of the posters on here are aware of.
There most likely will be multiple investigations as previously stated and it may take months before all of the information is available, or maybe it won't be because of HIPAA.
We all want our children to be taken care of as best as possible while they are at a service Academy, but we need to wait for the results of the investigations before we throw the First Responders and Medical Care people under the bus.
First, I want to say my thoughts and prayers are with the Koonce family.
How sad….how tragic.
:-(
I cannot imagine being a parent and losing a child, any child, at any age, but even more so for such a bright and promising child with all that potential.
Second, are cadets prohibited from calling an ambulance, directly, to the cadet area?
Third, is there any sort of medical training / first aid training that cadets receive that say, for example:
“If your temperature reaches 105*F, go to the USAFA hospital’s ER…NOW!”
“If you are coughing up blood, go to the USAFA hospital’ ER….NOW!"
“If you have a headache that lasts a half hour, take two Tylenol.”
“If you have a headache / neck ache that lasts more than a day to a few days and Tylenol doesn’t help, go to the ER….NOW!”
Etcetera, etcetera….
Fourth, can cadets go to a civilian hospital’s ER in Colorado Springs?
Fifth, as far as HIPAA goes, there is a military command exception to the medical privacy protected by HIPAA. Also, depending on Colorado state law, death certificates and toxicology reports become public information.
Sixth and lastly, I do suspect that some heads are going to roll. Where that “buck” will stop, I have no idea.