Diesel therapy is slang for prison transportation in the United States in which prisoners are shackled and then transported for days or weeks; the term refers to the diesel fuel used in prisoner transport vehicles.[1]
It has been alleged that some inmates are deliberately sent to incorrect destinations as an exercise of diesel therapy.[2]Voluntary surrender at the prison where the inmate will serve his time is recommended as a way of avoiding diesel therapy.[3]
Diesel therapy is sometimes used on disruptive inmates, including gang members.[4]
There’s another style of “Diesel therapy”. On the ambulance when we need to get to the ER as quickly as possible. There are some times when we’re out of options in the back of the rig and the patient will only survive with a surgeon or other specific technique we can’t manage in the field.
Can you elaborate? I’m just not understanding for some reason
Pedal to the metal… Hit the gas… Go Fast!
The need to drive very fast, aka: use a lot of diesel fuel.
Not every ambulance transport needs “diesel therapy”. Usually a smoother and easier ride works better.
Ahhhhhhh yeah that makes sense