Posted on 04/02/2020 12:04:05 PM PDT by LibWhacker
As the coronavirus stretches New York City emergency rooms and paramedics to their limits, a regional EMT group has issued new guidelines almost unthinkable even days ago -- if someone's in cardiac arrest and you can't revive them in the field, don't bring them to the emergency room.
The newly implemented order that takes effect Thursday was implemented in an effort to control the surge of patients in hospitals due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The guidance from the Regional Emergency Medical Services Council of New York City applies to the city as well as Nassau and Suffolk counties. The group, known as REMSCO, is the state-designated coordinating authority for the region.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnewyork.com ...
Isn’t the hospital ship supposed to handle these type emergencies?
Take them to the Mercy that is why they are in NY are these people that STUPID!!!
Emergency officials tell NBC News the measure will alleviate an influx of patients from going to the hospitals that have no hope of being saved.
Did anyone read the article?
These are always BS cases for the ER. Waste of time and resources. Now in addition, they would increase risk of exposure to this virus for all concerned. So. No. Dont bring dead people to the ER. Sorry.
It is looking more and more like NY is a total cluster f#$&!, The damn ship is in the harbor specifically FOR THIS!!!
Sigh. No one read the article.
Consider crating an about page. We know youre a POS but just what kind might be interesting.
The article is well documented. Sad that so many people in our country don’t know how to read or discern. Incredibly sad.
All so they can get their nice “Trump to City: Drop Dead” moment.
Read the article. A person who is in rigor mortis or who has a DNR designation is not an emergency case.
People like you should be banned from here.
Weird.
IIRC, the chances of surviving a cardiac arrest are dismal from the start...like 10% survival rate...
I’m very sorry to know you are going through this...that is very tough. All the best to you and your dad.
Thanks for reading and posting. So they’re basically giving EMTs the authority to rule that an obvious death (or DNR) is death rather than tasking a doctor with it. Sound right?
Yes. And this ruling comes from FDNY not the ridiculous duo.
should a (ambulance arrival)dead person be admitted to the
ER, or go somewhere else?
The EMT’s know the difference between “dead-dead” and “nearly dead.” Each year it’s only a very small number of real cases where the EMT’s can’t temporarily revive a patient at the site, transport to an ER, and then have the patient be “saved.”
That is my experience in law enforcement. FR has EMT’s and docs on here and I’d be interested in their experiences. I’ll stand corrected willingly if wrong.
(Of course, if you are one of the “saved,” it;s a pretty big deal on an individual level - the heck with statistics.)
Heartbreaking, and I’m so sorry for you and others in this situation. I know about sudden heart attacks, and not that life owes me another minute, but I would like to be around for our economic recovery, and the righteous anger I hope we bring down upon our elected, globalists rat politicians.
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