I can’t get the women who refused to do CPR at the
California independent living center out of my mind. How can anyone standby and
watch a person die without doing something? I can’t fathom it. We owe that to
all humanity, plus I heard the news caster say she was a nurse. Nurses have a creed and ethics, don’t they?
Yes, I know CPR is not successful the majority of time it is used, but occasionally
it does work.
As a police officer and thus a first responder we did CPR to
give the family and the people in the area of the victim a ray of hope that they
could be revived and saved, That we were there to help. It certainly made my fellow officers and me feel better to think we did all we could. It felt better
to tell the victim’s family we did all we could.
Again, I heard on the news that the policy of the center was
not to perform CPR or any lifesaving measures on persons in medical distress,
but to standby and watch them until the paramedics arrived. As a fellow human being that would be a hard
policy for me follow. I can’t help, but
think if I were fired - I would have a good civil case against my termination.
I must not be the only one concerned because I heard about
this incident for several days on various TV channels and shows.
What are your thoughts?
Until Later,
Sally S.
