Posted on 03/03/2013 2:19:31 PM PST by Nachum
A 911 dispatcher pleaded with a nurse at a Bakersfield, Calif., senior living facility to save the life of an elderly woman by giving her CPR, but the nurse said policy did not allow her to, according to a newly released audiotape of the call.
"Is there anybody there that's willing to help this lady and not let her die?" the dispatcher asked in a recording of the 911 call released by the Bakersfield Fire Department.
"Not at this time," the nurse said.
The incident unfolded on Tuesday when 87-year-old Lorraine Bayless collapsed at Glenwood Gardens, a senior living facility in Bakersfield.
In the seven-minute, 16-second recording, the nurse told the dispatcher it was against the facility's policy for employees to perform CPR on residents.
With every passing second, Bayless' chances of survival were diminishing. The dispatcher's tone turned desperate.
"Anybody there can do CPR. Give them the phone please. I understand if your facility is not willing to do that. Give the phone to that passerby," the dispatcher said. "This woman is not breathing enough. She is going to die if we don't get this started."
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Evidently the dispatcher didn’t get the memo.
even the old folks homes are following ObamaCare.
I suspect a mad rush of younger people trying to fill that spot with their parents.
Sorry, but the Ministry of Health does not permit level S-4 drones to perform resuscitation on the useless elderly.
Or his sequester team.
The list of people I wouldn’t piss on if they were on fire grows longer daily.
Lawyers
I was in "front line" health care for 20 years but have been out now for 20.Back then DNR orders were taken very seriously when issuing them.All the "t's" had to be crossed and all the "i's" dotted.Mental competency had to be determined in many cases.Unless things are much different than I picture them (including such things as California's laws and nurse licensing standards/regulation) somebody's gonna have some 'splainin to do.For an entire health care facility to have such a policy is mind boggling to me but hey...California...the land of fruits and nuts and flakes.
And those who bend to them.
From the American HEART Association: “Only an estimated 8% of victims who suffer a SCA outside of a hospital setting survive.”
I am right in the line of fire for obamacare. I upsets me daily. I will be one of the first hit.
I used to do insurance inspections at "assisted living facilities" in California a few years ago and it is standard procedure to call 911 in the event of a medical emergency. Even though the staff are usually certified nurses assistants who have CPR training some facilities do not allow them to perform any procedures on their clients.
Some facilities have been sued for intervening in spite of the Good Samaritan law. So many do not take a chance.
“the nurse said policy did not allow her to”
Must be a union shop
It is a major nursing home chain. I wonder if that is corporate policy or just this site? Are they Obama donors?
As I understand it, the family of the elderly woman is not contesting the actions of the nurse/facility.
I work at a nursing home and as soon as a resident arrives, either short-term or long-term, they or their power of attorney/family member must sign a form stating they will be “do not resuscitate” or “full code”. If they are DNR, the nurses and/or staff is not allowed to try to save them. If they are full code, they will try to save them. It has been that way for a long time and I don’t think it has anything to do with Obamacare. With Obamacare, we will all be DNR.
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