[donmeaker]

At work a few years ago, a contractor had a stroke. It was recognizable in that his speech was slurred, he walked with a limp, and his lip drooped. I had one of our guys drive him to the hospital (we lived in a small town 30 miles from the hostpital). After I sent them off, I called our safety office to report.

I was reprimanded. I should have had him walk down to the nurses office, and wait there for the ambulance to drive 30 miles out from the hospital, and then the other 30 miles back. Of course before he would be allowed to get in the ambulance, he would be given a quck check, another 15 minutes. I visited him that weekend, and the doctor said that if I had followed the company policy, "Bill" would have had lasting damage.

Well, "Bill" got to the hospital in 20 minutes from when I told people to go. He spend a week in intensive care, with oxygen and on blood thinners. The blood clot in his head dissolved, and he came back to work two months later.

You have to be willing to do the right thing, though Hell stands against you. I would be glad to have a kid like that in my family.

Be Proud!

[Igraine]

Bless you for doing the right thing. It seems that too many people are more interested in following procedure than they are in saving human life.

[BudgieRamone]

5 years ago I almost died from an allergic reaction/asthma attack at work..a major aircraft manufacturer with its parent company in Peoples Republic of Massachusetts (Raythe..oops)My supervisor "had to" follow policy--He thought I was faking and screwing off--he called plant security, and they took 15 minutes to get there. The security guard/health officer got there took one look at me put an oxygen mask on me and told the dispatcher to call EMS. The answer back from the dispatcher was "We don't have a nurse or doctor to authorize that."--it was weekend 2nd shift. He told the dispatcher to call it anyway, he would take responsibility. There was a long pause and the dispatcher said OK. Meanwhile my supervisor started to have the grim realization that I was in serious trouble and he went to grab one of the golf carts to ferry me to the far east end of the plant where the ambulance was sent. I don't remember much after being loaded into the ambulance other than begging the EMS crew to shoot me full of epinephrine , which they wouldn't do because *I* was not a doctor and didn't know asthma treatment protocol. At the hospital I heard one of the Paramedics tell the ER people "He was asking for epinephrine all the way here." That got action. I was promptly stuck with two needles worth, and by this time it was almost too late. The ER staff was asking if I had a religious preference, If there was someone they could call, I was so bad tht they brought out a bottle of heli-ox and used that to deliver medications (It was considered "experimental" at the time). That finally leveled it off. I only found out a couple days later when I was leaving the hospital that the doctor and ER staff had told my folks they didn't expect me to come out of the ER that night. I recovered quickly and was back to work wednesday (after recieving two attendance infractions from my jerk weed boss--the same one who drove me to the ambulance). Just my two bits worth as relating to the story..:)

[packrat35]

You get my praise. You did the right thing.

[dennisw]

great story!!!

[RussianConservative]

Even fact that issue like this come up show decent to stupidity of Western civilization. Not much example to others.