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To: RC one

There is NO evidence of an MI, early reports or not. Admit you are not an ER nurse. MI is determined in the field by EKG showing ST elevation and, in the ER, using cardiac enzyme markers like troponins and ckmb. You can’t tell from a video or from “early reports” that someone has a “heart attack”.

The FACT that EMS did not start ACLS means the dude had a pulse and was breathing. You DO NOT start CPR in that case.

An ER nurse would know this.

Nota Particle, RN, BLS, ACLS, PHTLS


21 posted on 12/21/2014 2:18:30 PM PST by Nota particle (Born yesterday in Biblical terms)
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To: Nota particle
You ignore the fact that he collapsed complaining of difficulty breathing and then became unresponsive and then died of a heart attack in the ambulance once they figured out WTH was actually going on. An ALS crew should have been dispatched in the first place, not the incompetent BLS crew that showed up with the attitude that they were there to deal with a faker for the police. This was an obvious MI. Respirations were, at best, agonal. From what I can see, they were absent. I see no meaningful chest movement. Look at the video and show me where his chest or abdomen is moving. There's no freaking way he had an organized rhythm i.e. a pulse. The man was declared dead in the ambulance almost immediately after he was placed on it. You are not worthy of the letters you throw around if you can not see the reality of this situation. It would be obvious even to a layman. CPR and ALS were indicated. You do not impress me.
22 posted on 12/21/2014 2:44:46 PM PST by RC one (Militarized law enforcement is just a politically correct way of saying martial law enforcement.)
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