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rickysrose 
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Posted: Dec 17 2012 at 12:16pm |
you know what now that I think of it
I would get the paramedic to restate what he said and record it ... this could be used either in court or to help relieve your friend of her guilt
and then I would contact a very competent lawyer
if you guys don't want to go through that or if she has enough means to take care of herself if she doesn't get back to a healthy mental state
then I would go the route of having the professionals assure her that she is not at fault (and have a key family member there as well so they can tell the other callous ones that it isn't her fault)
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Posted: Dec 17 2012 at 12:12pm |
Didn't read much but the OP and this has probably already been said
but without her knowing quite yet ... I would report this incident to the Ministry of Health (not sure what the US equivalent is) ... basically I would report this to everyone in the chain of command over EMTs
from the ambulance company, to the hospital, to the Coroner'd office, the Department/Ministry of Health.
I would also see if I could get an emergency room doctor, a coroner, etc that would actually talk to her to reassure her that even had she done CPR expertly, or had been a trained medical doctor, CPR is not a guaranteed life saver and her parent may have died regardless
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Posted: Dec 17 2012 at 10:56am |
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My parents aren't getting CPR from me.....mainly because I don't even remember how to do it.
I'd probably end up breaking some ribs and making their chest cave in.
I'll call the ambulance and hope they make it. |
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Posted: Dec 17 2012 at 10:48am |
My parents aren't getting CPR from me.....mainly because I don't even remember how to do it. I'd probably end up breaking some ribs and making their chest cave in. I'll call the ambulance and hope they make it.
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Posted: Dec 17 2012 at 10:45am |
EPITOME wrote:
that paramedic is a dick and has no training....and in that circumstance no.
but i remember reading one story where this girl was in an abusive relationship. she finally mustered the courage to leave. her mother goes to get her stuff and the boyfriend kills her mom. in that circumstance i would feel incredibly guilty. they were black too |
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Posted: Dec 17 2012 at 4:20am |
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The irony is that she did what many people if not, most people would not have done, and that was start cpr. In a panic, it's hard to think to do the right thing. Pls show ur friend this thread. I'd hate to think someone's feeling so terribly when they didn't do anything wrong.
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Posted: Dec 17 2012 at 3:24am |
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Yeah not her fault. She should try to seek some grief counseling. During such a situation people panic, you might know what to do but when it comes to actually doing it we freak out sometimes. We make mistakes. Her mother was dying, who is to say the CPR would have worked? No one.
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Posted: Dec 17 2012 at 1:43am |
tropical-punch wrote:
Her mother's death is not at all her fault. That paramedic is an ass. |
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Posted: Dec 17 2012 at 1:25am |
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I'm heartbroken having to know that someone feels like this. That paramedic needed to be reported. As for myself I'm going to take a cpr class during my days off next week. I'm taking my daughter too. You never know when it might come in handy and save a person in the 10% range.
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Posted: Dec 16 2012 at 11:48pm |
Lite Brite wrote:
Ok just looked it up. OP share some articles with her please. Here is a good one, and it relates to what my instructor said CPR can be effective in some situations, like drowning.. but other things that effect the heart, it's really difficult to be succesful. Its a media myth that it works often
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/W/35320/35323/372221.html?d=dmtHMSContent
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Didn't see this before my post, but yeah, bottom line, tell your friend it aint her fault and that paramedic is an idiot, as I emphasize once more.
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