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The Policy Sheet She Read Out Loud Stopped an Illegal Draw

The Policy Sheet She Read Out Loud Stopped an Illegal Draw

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A nurse reads a signed policy aloud in a burn unit and refuses a detective’s blood draw from an unconscious patient-how did that expose them?

The Policy Sheet She Read Out Loud Stopped an Illegal Draw

In this episode, we follow the moments inside the University of Utah Hospital on July 26, 2017, when charge nurse Alex Wubbels used a written policy to deny a blood draw from an unconscious patient. The episode traces the arrest, the hospital-police agreement at the center of the clash, and the questions that ripple from that single confrontation.

Person: Alex Wubbels
Date: July 26, 2017
Location: University of Utah Hospital burn unit, Salt Lake City
Patient: William Gray
Officer: Detective Jeff Payne

- Wubbels held the hospital-SLCPD policy in her palm and read three conditions aloud that must be met for a blood draw from an unconscious patient.
- The policy required one of three: arrest, warrant, or patient consent - none of which applied to William Gray.
- Payne, who had trained under the hospital-police liaison program and knew the policy, ordered the arrest and spoke with Lieutenant James Tracy on speakerphone.
- Body camera and hospital surveillance captured Wubbels calmly stating the policy, turning to leave, and then being grabbed and handcuffed at approximately 2:30 p.m.
- Wubbels was held for about twenty minutes and released; no charges were ever filed, and the incident remained largely quiet until a body camera file surfaced thirty-six days later.

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