This happens all the time during flu season. /s
Cardiac arrest victims whose hearts cannot be restarted at the scene are now being left there — rather than being brought to coronavirus-strained hospitals for further revival attempts, according to a new guidance for medical responders.
The Regional Emergency Medical Services Council of New York, which oversees the city’s ambulance service, issued the guidance on Tuesday in a letter obtained by The Post.
Previously, people whose hearts could not be restarted on the scene would be brought to the hospital.
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Where they could be officially pronounced dead.
McD’s and other fast food places have Defibrillators.
They even have picture instruction cards that look just like the menu on the cash register.
Hey sparky, heart stopped?
Want fries with that?
Zaaaapp!
Flu
Truth is after 5 minutes of VF the chance of survival is under 5%. You not only need to shock the heart but also correct the reason why the person’s heart stopped. If the doctors can convert the person’s heart to a stable rhythm odds are the patient will be critical and spending days in the cardiac ICU and using a lot of resources. In times like this sadly triage must occur and I am sure hospitals will institute a scoring system to determine who to code and who not to code.
see also:
NYPD considering 'DOA Teams' to collect bodies of coronavirus victims
EMS workers were told to call a “NYPD DOA Removal” telephone number if the cops are delayed getting to the scene.
I wonder. If the teams haven't been organized,who answers the the phone?
Obozocare. It is called a fivefer. saved-diagnosed-treated-die-and embalmed all in the same bed.
And you only had to pay 1600.00 a month for this fab health care.
Where are all of these hospitals that are supposedly so overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients that they can’t see any other type of patients?
Elections have consequences.
Vote for Democrats, like Herr Wilhelm and Cuomo and this is what you get.
Too bad they don’t have a 1000 bed hospital boat anchored in NYC. They could use that.
True story, as told by the doctor herself:
Our friends’ daughter, who we’ve known from birth, completed her medical residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. On her first assignment in the ER, the EMS brought in a well ventilated and drained hoodlum, no signs of life. She followed the rules as taught and announced “resuscitate!” The ER crew looked at her funny, so she repeated. The staff proceeded until she declared a time of death.
Her resident advisor later spoke with her.
On her next turn in the ER, another hood missing part of his head came in. The ER staff all looked at her expectantly. She sighed, looked at the clock, and announced “time of death . . .”
She is now a practicing cardiologist in NJ.
triage
Just as dead as if they had COVID-19. But the death certificate won’t reflect that hospital overcrowding was a contributing factor.
This sounds like they’re tweaking their DOS policy ( Dead on Scene).
Many jurisdictions allow medics to “call” someone dead.
I was stubborn. I’d worked my patients for quite awhile.
Sometimes it was good. Most times, not.
Which ones, where?
Or just Elmhurst hospital lousy with
Typhoid Xis?