New York State has abruptly nixed a controversial new directive that asked first responders to not work on patients who didn’t have a pulse upon arrival to the scene.
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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