Wednesday, April 22, 2020

New York state instructs paramedics not to revive cardiac patients & CA has Point System To Decide Who Survives

Via Billy

 Coronavirus leads to limit on transporting cardiac patients - Los ...

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.


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4 comments:

  1. "that others may live"; right. because democrats

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  2. Can someone say 'Death Panels'?

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    1. & we can be positive that this won't be abused........ They would have had an easier job if the virus had been around when Epstien was in jail.

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