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and people need to realize that if you are alone , you can help yourself, start coughing, take an asprin while you wait for help to arrive. a deep cough compresses the heart , just like being given cpr.
posted by
jeansaw
on March 12, 2013 at 2:36 PM
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I personally would have had to leave my job if I was required to watch someone die that I could have helped. I realize there are legal reasons but I personally could not do that. I am proud of what your husband did. 
posted by
Justi
on March 11, 2013 at 3:51 PM
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Good thinking Taps Children could learn it in school and how to change a baby's nappies.
might sober the young lads up bit. Also how to spend money wisely. 
posted by
C_C_T
on March 11, 2013 at 11:36 AM
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I didnt read the whole story but it had something to do with them not being aloud to give cpr, how stupid but these days they let really old people go because they dont want to keep paying them
the government I am talking about
posted by
Lanetay
on March 11, 2013 at 8:40 AM
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It is a useful skill to know. 
posted by
mariss9
on March 11, 2013 at 7:31 AM
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Yes, I heard of that incident too, and it was horrible on their part to instruct their workers not to help! Forget company policy, forget written by-laws, forget rules and regulations . . . how about one human helping another human! Is that so hard for people to accept anymore . . . ? 
posted by
JimmyA
on March 11, 2013 at 6:27 AM
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I have worked night shift and do understand. I guess that most people these days are too afraid of being sued if they get CPR wrong and so they refuse to get involved. Sadly we can't prosecute the legal profession for conspiracy to murder
posted by
lionreign
on March 11, 2013 at 4:05 AM
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EMEver since I’ve been sleeping 7 to 11 and last night 7 to 12:30 and then, working on my blog love. BC-A, Bill’s R®st
posted by
BC-A
on March 11, 2013 at 2:51 AM
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Here when we call the 911 people, we have to tell them if there is a no-resusitation request signed. I imagine the nurse on hand knew, but it was the media who 'took it to town'. I agree that if you are not aware of the request, you most certainly do what you can to help!!
posted by
adnohr
on March 10, 2013 at 7:36 PM
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I agree, it is good to know what to do in the event of an emergency! sam
posted by
sam444
on March 10, 2013 at 6:55 PM
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yes so true....i learned those but never really had to practice on anybody...though i was choking last summer and everybody just looked at me like an idiot except for one guy who realized i was choking
posted by
Annicita
on March 10, 2013 at 3:32 PM
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when one goes into a hospice for the dying one is normally
informed as is the family that there is no resuscitation. All has been done that can be done, now is the time for loving care to ensure comfort and quality of life versus quantity of life. I could, but won't, write a book about working in this area....I am sure that you are the same ...but at other times and places, yes of course I have worked hard sometimes successful too.
posted by
Kabu
on March 10, 2013 at 12:57 PM
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That episode at the home seemed ridiculous to me and it seems like such an inhumane way to act. I would have done it even if my training is rusty.
posted by
WileyJohn
on March 10, 2013 at 12:51 PM
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I remember reading about it, and at first I was appalled. When more news came out about it, the whole thing turned out to be more complicated that it appeared to be at first, but still - I think the first principle should be to give assistance...
posted by
Nautikos
on March 10, 2013 at 12:28 PM
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I never thought about those who are working when the time officially changes. I've been focused on my own snoring.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on March 10, 2013 at 12:05 PM
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Re: Pat_B
I definitely agree with you on that last bit. But, heart attacks and accidents happen to the young and the strong on occasion and often they are very grateful to have been the recipient of aid.
posted by
TAPS.
on March 10, 2013 at 8:03 AM
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That extra hour at the end of a long night's vigil in a hospital ward
is the one that earns nurses purple hearts for valor. It would be different if all they did was watch over snoozing patients - but so many shocks and starts happen at night... As for the one who sat by and refused to do CPR, I remember reading somewhere when the story first came out that the patient's family said the nurse did the right thing. If the woman was terminally ill and likely to suffer on a life support device it would be cruel to force her into that situation. Speaking for myself - I'd tell the nurse to let me go with what little peace and dignity I had left.
posted by
Pat_B
on March 10, 2013 at 7:21 AM
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