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In wake of nurse arrest, Utah burn unit staffers keep caring for their patients with river trips and more

Related Topics: Utah Highway Patrol

A few weeks after Brad Wiggins was on the phone trying to calm a Salt Lake City Police officer who was about to arrest one of his nurses for refusing to allow a blood draw from an unconscious patient, he was on the Colorado River — once again caring for burn victims.

You all know the story of Detective Jeff Payne’s arrest of nurse Alex Wubbels at the University Hospital burn unit because she was following hospital regulations by not allowing the blood draw of burn victim William Gray.

The truck driver who had been struck head-on by a driver fleeing from Utah Highway Patrol troopers in Cache County was unconscious so he could not give consent, and there was no warrant.