NY Paramedics Outraged Over Decision NOT To Revive Cardiac Patients
New York issues do-not-resuscitate guidelines for cardiac patients amid the coronavirus outbreak.
“They’re not giving people a second chance to live anymore,’’ Oren Barzilay, head of the city union whose members include uniformed EMTs and paramedics, fumed of state officials.
“Our job is to bring patients back to life. This guideline takes that away from us,” he said.
And just like that, Democrat death panels are herehttps://t.co/ASUuUSOONl
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) April 22, 2020
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NYP:
New York state just issued a drastic new guideline urging emergency services workers not to bother trying to revive anyone without a pulse when they get to a scene, amid an overload of coronavirus patients.
While paramedics were previously told to spend up to 20 minutes trying to revive people found in cardiac arrest, the change is “necessary during the COVID-19 response to protect the health and safety of EMS providers by limiting their exposure, conserve resources, and ensure optimal use of equipment to save the greatest number of lives,’’ according to a state Health Department memo issued last week.
First responders were outraged over the move.
Earlier this month, the Regional Emergency Services Council of New York, which oversees the city’s ambulance service, issued a new guideline that said cardiac-arrest patients whose hearts can’t be restarted at the scene should no longer be taken to the hospital for further life-saving attempts. More
What the hell is the world coming to, how dare they say they cannot resuscitate people because hospitals are overwhelmed.
They’ll wear it as a badge of honor and admit they always wanted it but it had never been the right time. You know @AOC gotta be lovin this
— Darren London (@DRL707) April 22, 2020
Who’s going to ask @NYGovCuomo about this?
— Andrea E (@AAC0519) April 22, 2020
That’s what universal healthcare would bring
— Johanna Scharf (@JohannaScharf) April 22, 2020
And they haven’t even implemented socialized medicine yet.
— EmmeSummerlin (@EmmeSummerlin) April 22, 2020
They will stop at nothing. What’s next? Organ harvesting?
— ♦️maggie♦️ (@Margare62457034) April 22, 2020
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