Out of Pod Experience

But in this case I would pod kill this person.

A staff member at an independent living facility in Bakersfiled,California called 911 when a woman collapsed. The 911 operator pleaded with the woman on the phone to begin CPR on the dying resident,but she refused.

The 911 tape is shocking to listen to. An 87-year-old woman collapsed. A woman,claiming to be a nurse,refuses to even try to give the woman CPR because of the facility’s policies.

I hope I get podded before I end up in one of these freaking places.

Maybe they had a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate), I know I have one.

Yeah, if you'd read the article she had no DNR and any person with 2 brain cells to rub together would have to assume she wanted to be given treatment.

And yeah company policy said no intervention...but I could only assume if it was their mumzy that policy would go out the window.

When I finally go, Im donating my body to science so that my consciousness can be uploaded onto both the forum and the game as a new AI for the mission rats and as the ultimate forum troll.

So you see, if you strike me down, I will indeed become more powerful then you can ever imagine....

As a former volunteer firefighter, one topic that came up often during my training was the duty to act. Some states require by law that licensed professionals such as EMTs, doctors, NURSES etc. render aid within the scope of their abilities if able. Based on the phone conversation and my own experience as a police dispatcher, that nurse is more than able, she's just being a corporate lemming too engrossed in policy that has long ago forgotten common human morality. If she does come out of this without criminal or civil charges, she would be best off looking for a better place to work.

That was bugging me since the second I heard I the story. Independent Living communities, at the least the ones I've visited over the last 6 years, do not have nurses. At best they have CNA's, who in my opinion is about as medical as TSA is law enforcement. They are low wage earners who are there to help the elderly with their daily needs in more of a personal assistant fashion and many do not even have basic CPR training.

If you want actual nursing, then you take your loved one to a nursing home which runs you several more thousands of dollars a month. I transferred my grandfather to one about 2 weeks before he passed away.

Even if protocol wasn't a question, one should take into consideration the idea of performing cpr on a 87 year old lady. I don't know know about any other people here but one thing that I have noticed is that little old ladies tend to get pretty damn fragile at 87 years old. My grandmother broke her own hip just trying to get out of a chair, so I can imagine what the wrong amount of pressure to a chest can do.

But they do have protocol there to protect themselves and their employees, and it has clearly been stated that it is stated in detail to any people looking to move in. Doesn't matter at this point, I feel the damage has been done and this Director lady has been decreed as the wicked witch because people just can't differentiate from her following a policy and those who make policy. Everyone is also forgetting that this staff had to watch a little old lady die. That is not something that you simply let go of over night, or possibly ever, especially if you've spent any amount of time with that person. She has to live with that now.

This shouldn't have gone to mainstream news, and I can't help but think that the emergency service operator took it way too personally. I wouldn't be surprised if she recently had a loved one pass away at one of these places due to a similar protocol that was described to her but she ignored and is now hurt about.

So my question is if the routine gets declined often, why does this particular case stand out? The policy wasn't created over night. When you look into assisted living over nursing each company should, by law, explain clearly what they do and don't provide. The company knew the policy. The daughter, who is a RN, knew the policy. And I'm sure the elderly know the policy. Why is every one else feeling like they received a communal slap to the face?

Sensationalism.

For the second part, like I said, elderly tend to get very fragile at that age.

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Alright then, on to the next part. The OP has informed us that he is into the whole blood for blood thing. Anyone got any ideas to pass around that would satisfy his vigilante bloodlust? I was thinking of a large dose of potassium for extreme hyperkalemia which would induce arrhythmia. Then he could make a smug call to 911 and explain that he can't give cpr.

We had a similar thing at my work a few weeks back. An elderly man came in a dozen times during the day to buy exactly the same things, forgetting he's already bought them. Tried to help him home but got called back inside to get back to work, fair enough I figure. Eventualy he staggers in late at night with an open wound on his head, unable to remember where he lives.

Knowing first aid I want to help him, but again not allowed to do anything or I will be fired, the kit is downstairs and it comes to losing my job or waiting for the Ambulance to come for him.

Welcome to the suing culture of the UK, I make a mistake in doing First Aid on a 80-90 year old mans open head wound and I'm liable for the whole thing.

Wouldn't you just love to look at your boss after helping the old guy out and say, "If I get fired, my next stop will be at the local news outlet...."?