If I’m intubating a baby, and I grab a 1 Miller instead of a 00 Miller, I’ll know instantly.

If I’m intubating a baby, and you hand me a 3.5 ETT instead of a 2.5 ETT, I’ll know instantly.

If during surgery, you hand a surgeon a scalpel instead of a bovie, she’ll know instantly.
Even in an emergency - with a near-lifeless baby in front of me, I KNOW the feel of a blade in my hand. I can distinguish the diameter of an ETT with a GLANCE because I was TRAINED to.

Calling this an accident because she “thought” she was holding a taser is POLICE PROPAGANDA.
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