Or it could be as an emtc they were not allowed to. Paramedics can and should. I can’t tell you how inappropriate bringing every dead person to the ED would be. I’ve been working ED for over a decade and it wastes resources all around transporting those patients.

this protocol here. This breaks it down nicely.

https://www.smchealth.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/ems_ops10_death_in_field_2_2012.pdf