Crowson v. Washington Co. State of Utah
Medical professional who knows that his role is to serve as gatekeeper for other medical personnel capable of treating a condition may be liable for deliberate indifference for denying access to medical care; nurse’s knowledge that plaintiff was “dazed and confused” and unable to remember what kind of work he did was sufficient to trigger nurse’s duty as gatekeeper; nurse was not deliberately indifferent because he referred plaintiff to a physician’s assistant; nurse’s failure to inform doctor of how long plaintiff had been in custody, which was allegedly too long to be suffering from withd