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Medics Caught on Tape Allegedly Decided Disabled Man Not Worth Saving
The Times ^ | 12/31/2008 | Staff

Posted on 12/31/2008 9:48:46 AM PST by Red in Blue PA

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21 posted on 12/31/2008 10:04:11 AM PST by freedomlover (Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Some animals are more equal than others.

Besides, it was probably around tea time anyway.


22 posted on 12/31/2008 10:07:17 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: tbpiper

And the utter ‘rules are rules’ stupidity of the DMV.


23 posted on 12/31/2008 10:08:08 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Welcome to socialized medicine.

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.

24 posted on 12/31/2008 10:08:24 AM PST by the invisib1e hand (revolution is in the air.)
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To: Ron Jeremy
"they might in fact have been doing everything in their power to save him"

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."

25 posted on 12/31/2008 10:09:36 AM PST by Enchante (Bernie Madoff Learned His Ponzi-Investment Strategy from our Social Security System!!)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Slippery Slope Alert


26 posted on 12/31/2008 10:11:00 AM PST by Spok (Now is the time to cling to faith and freedom, while we still can.)
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To: freedomlover

“I’m feeling better!”


27 posted on 12/31/2008 10:11:20 AM PST by RobRoy (Islam is a greater threat to the world today than Nazism was in the 1930's.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

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.


28 posted on 12/31/2008 10:11:20 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs earn the title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)
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To: SW6906

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.


29 posted on 12/31/2008 10:11:34 AM PST by null and void (Petroglyphs. The original cliffs notes...)
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To: Red in Blue PA
The source said that the two men were allegedly first heard commenting on the untidy state of the house and then saying that it was not worth bothering to resuscitate Baker.

Beyond belief.

30 posted on 12/31/2008 10:14:37 AM PST by ex91B10
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To: Red in Blue PA

Obama style health care. Coming to your country soon.


31 posted on 12/31/2008 10:16:48 AM PST by Texas Eagle (Who'll save the world from those who think only they can save it?. -- Ashleigh Brilliant)
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To: SW6906

That was my EXACT thought before I even came to the replies!


32 posted on 12/31/2008 10:19:17 AM PST by Quickgun
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To: reagan_fanatic
I think they could find better ways to deal with the stress other than debating whether or not the victim should be saved.

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.

33 posted on 12/31/2008 10:21:06 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: Red in Blue PA

ping


34 posted on 12/31/2008 10:21:07 AM PST by unkus
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To: Red in Blue PA

just think, someday these medics will be 59...


35 posted on 12/31/2008 10:26:13 AM PST by isom35
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To: DesertRhino
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.

And citizens get prosecuted for defending themselves (as best they can, unarmed) while criminals go unprosecuted.

And then, of course, there's the whole "health" system.

36 posted on 12/31/2008 10:31:23 AM PST by samtheman
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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.


37 posted on 12/31/2008 10:34:29 AM PST by Vermont Lt (I am not from Vermont. I lived there for four years and that was enough.)
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To: randog
I used to Volunteer for a EMS. It was good work and very educational as well as rewarding. And yes, we got paid nothing for the work.
Volunteerism is dying since families have to work two jobs to make ends meet and pay Taxes. If you live in a boro that has a Volunteer EMS or Fire Dept, Remember that they are giving up their free time to help others.
PS...Most of the Volunteer EMTS and Paramedics I worked with were Conservative, same with members of the Fire Depts we worked with. Funny how the left has time to save the whales but refrain from helping their fellow man in time of need.
38 posted on 12/31/2008 10:37:10 AM PST by Yorlik803 ( Freedom- 07-04-1776-11-06-2008. RIP)
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To: null and void

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.


39 posted on 12/31/2008 10:41:19 AM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: null and void
I share your revulsion as to how this was handled, but the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) actually requires hospitals to question patients and/or their families as to whether or not a living will or advanced directive has been completed and,if so, are the papers on file with the facility. Should have been handled by nursing with the family in a private setting away from the patient.
40 posted on 12/31/2008 10:43:35 AM PST by buckalfa (confused and bewildered)
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