Posted on 12/31/2008 9:48:46 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
Two EMT workers in Britain were arrested after they were heard allegedly discussing whether they should bother to resuscitate a disabled man who had collapsed at home and subsequently died.
Barry Baker, 59, who lived alone, dialed 911 saying that he thought he was having a heart attack. An ambulance was sent to his house while a controller kept him talking on the line.
By the time the ambulance arrived at the house in Patcham, Brighton, Baker had collapsed, but the telephone line was still open and was being recorded.
It is alleged that staff in the control center heard the two medics making disparaging comments about the state of the house.
A police source, who asked not to be named, said that the medics were then heard discussing Baker and saying “words to the effect that he was not worth saving."
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Some animals are more equal than others.
Besides, it was probably around tea time anyway.
And the utter ‘rules are rules’ stupidity of the DMV.
Welcome to the Culture of Death, without which socialized medicine would not be possibe.
I'd wait for some conformation before I got too enraged at this particular incident.
Actually, while the article does not make every detail explicit, it does sound like they decided NOT to resuscitate and to LIE about the situation:
"They are said to have discussed what to tell ambulance control and decided to say that Baker was already dead when they got there."
Slippery Slope Alert
“I’m feeling better!”
Thank goodness the nazis didnt conquer England, huh?
Sometimes i wonder what we *really* accomplished by saving them. They are no longer free, free speech is dead, sharia law is moving in, religious freedom is dead there, they live under constant surveillance, they are pushing for prosecution of global warming denyers, their guns are confiscated, and Iranians in motor launches can defeat RN warships.
Englands only purpose now is to serve as an object lesson for us. When they come for your guns, and restrict speech, its time to fight.
Not limited to socialized medicine. I was in the ER with my dad last night and the dr wanted to know about advanced directives. I told him that if dad coded he had to bring him back, or at least try.
The Dr’s response? “Really!?” in a surprised and disapproving tone.
I locked eyes with him and said “Really.”
End of conversation.
This guy was tacky enough to hold this discussion in front of my dad.
grrrrr.
Beyond belief.
Obama style health care. Coming to your country soon.
That was my EXACT thought before I even came to the replies!
The harder and more stressful the job, the worse the humor. I remember cadences in the Army, "Napalm napalm sticks like glue, sticks to kids and their mommies too." There are variations of the same.
It's a "Walk a mile in his shoes" thing.
ping
just think, someday these medics will be 59...
Thank goodness the nazis didnt conquer England, huh?And citizens get prosecuted for defending themselves (as best they can, unarmed) while criminals go unprosecuted.Sometimes i wonder what we *really* accomplished by saving them. They are no longer free, free speech is dead, sharia law is moving in, religious freedom is dead there, they live under constant surveillance, they are pushing for prosecution of global warming denyers, their guns are confiscated, and Iranians in motor launches can defeat RN warships.
Englands only purpose now is to serve as an object lesson for us. When they come for your guns, and restrict speech, its time to fight.
And then, of course, there's the whole "health" system.
Oh, and this doesn’t happen in the US?
Come on.....
Talk to some cops and EMTs. While it might not be this bad, sometimes it is really bad.
If you only realized the futility of resuscitation efforts. The percentages of recovery are really bad, and those that we CAN save, usually end up brain-damaged and die a short time later anyway.
Full life-support measures are only effective long-term on young, healthy people that have an accident that caused their code.
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