Better walk to the hospital in Pittsburg than call 911

[wayneflorida 0]

>>In his first call to 911, Curtis Mitchell sounded calm, explaining to dispatchers that his "entire stomach [was] in pain."

By the time his longtime girlfriend made a 10th call nearly 30 hours later, she was frantic. He wasn't breathing. He was cold to the touch.<<<<


http://www.postgazette.com/pg/10048/1036403-53.stm

[LongWayToFall 0]

They need to have a damn snow plow work with the ambulances, that is just insane.

[The_Don 0]

Time to think old school?

http://www.ilovebacon.com/v5/110309/f.shtml

I think this has a place nowadays, why is it not applied with what we can build now?

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I'm being enthusiastic!

[ltdiver 3]

Why not just get a plain ol' child's sled and let the guy lay down in it and get towed down to the paramedics on the corner? Geeze! Those guys need to have their head examined!

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

[Zep 0]

Will anyone get charged with involuntary manslaughter, or will it just get swept under the mat.

Gone fishing

[InfiniteSky 0]

So if the paramedics asked him to walk to them, what was keeping them from walking to him?! Unbelievable.

[billvon 3,120]

>Why not just get a plain ol' child's sled and let the guy lay down in it
>and get towed down to the paramedics on the corner?

Would you do that with a skydiver who had just hit so hard that he was unconscious, and whose legs were at a funny angle?

While I think people should fend for themselves when at all possible, there is also value in people not treating other people when they have no idea what they are doing. In this case, the woman may have been a first responder, and perhaps should have known he could have been moved. Or she may have known nothing at all about emergency care - in which case moving him may have been a bad idea.

[jdthomas 0]

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So if the paramedics asked him to walk to them, what was keeping them from walking to him?! Unbelievable.

I have had to park and walk to a Pt's house because of snow, maybe not this much snow but I still had to make the effort. I was happy when fire showed up on scene and helped carry the pt to the ambulance as i don't know how I would have done it with out thier help, but I sure would have tried something and not just sit in the rig and not have tried. i bet these guys loose thier jobs and a lawsuit will come out of this.

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[ltdiver 3]

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>Why not just get a plain ol' child's sled and let the guy lay down in it
>and get towed down to the paramedics on the corner?

Would you do that with a skydiver who had just hit so hard that he was unconscious, and whose legs were at a funny angle?

While I think people should fend for themselves when at all possible, there is also value in people not treating other people when they have no idea what they are doing. In this case, the woman may have been a first responder, and perhaps should have known he could have been moved. Or she may have known nothing at all about emergency care - in which case moving him may have been a bad idea.

Yes, this is true. Yet, while the man was still lucid and ambulatory he could have made the trip. When the first calls were made.

ltdiver

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon