The drastic move was announced by New York State in a memo last week.
Before the change, the protocol was to spend 20 minutes working on patients in cardiac arrest. But according to the state Health Department memo, the decision to roll that back was “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.”
New York first responders didn’t take kindly to the new directive, according to The Post.
“They’re not giving people a second chance to live anymore,’’ says Oren Barzilay, who is head of the city union which includes EMTs and paramedics as members.
“Our job is to bring patients back to life. This guideline takes that away from us,” he continued.
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This wasn’t the first change in guidelines issued to emergency responders as of late. Earlier this month, the Regional Emergency Services Council of New York asked emergency responders to not transport cardiac arrest patients to the hospital if their heart could not be restarted at the scene.
However, the protocol to carry out 20 minutes of revival attempts at the scene remained in effect until last week.
Despite the new directive, the FDNY had announced that “the NYC 911 system will continue to maintain a higher level of care.” This means they would still attempt to revive patients at the scene.
However, the Post is now reporting that State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker has now rescinded the new guidelines.
According to a new statement by the New York Health Department, these guidelines “don’t reflect New York’s standards and for that reason DOH Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker has ordered them to be rescinded.”
Counclilman Chaim Deutsch thanked the Health Department for making the right decision following the reversal.
Don't you suckers see what's coming?
ReplyDeleteWe are sending you the phony letters how we are working with government officials & the national camp association to be able to open up.
This is mamash brilliant on our part because when we can't open we will pull the same excuse out of our hats as the Pesach hotel operators that we invested much time, koyach & gelt into trying to open, so memeila we have no chiyuv to give you your money back.
The first question beis din will ask is if there was any reasonable expectation we were soimech on to think we might open. We are covered thanks to the phony politicians who keep making empty indications of opening the economy so that citizens don't get restless, only to keep pushing off the date. Everyone knows this is just politicians being phony politicians, but try proving it in beis din while we line our pockets with your hard earned money!
They are now shnorring for the yesomim of a heimishe who turned into a human ball of fire during sraifas chometz.
ReplyDeleteConsidering that the gedolim poskened to flush a bit of chometz down the toilet instead of burning it this year, is there any kind of reasonable explanation for this disaster? I'd hate to call someone an idiot when he just returned his soul to his Maker.