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Martinsville High School Student Chokes to Death at School (Teacher prevented 911 call)
WISH Channel 8 TV ^
| 3/10/06
Posted on 03/10/2006 8:43:53 PM PST by Samwise
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To: Samwise
Talking to my husband, a few conclusions;
1. The teacher is in big trouble.
2. Waiting for lawsuit - against the teacher and the schools. Can the teacher be brought on any criminal negligence charges?
3. Does the school have JROTC? Any cadet could have performed the Heimlich maneuver.
So unneccessary. Prayers for the family...
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posted on
03/10/2006 9:26:49 PM PST
by
ArmyTeach
(Get a spine!)
To: Blue Jays
That is very interesting! And it makes perfect sense.
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posted on
03/10/2006 9:28:20 PM PST
by
SerpentDove
(The internet is big. "Oprah" big.)
To: drjimmy
That is so sad, too. I'm so sorry.
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posted on
03/10/2006 9:35:27 PM PST
by
Samwise
(All that is needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.)
To: Samwise
For choking cases, you have 3-5 minutes to save the person. 911 calls are too late anyway, unless the EMTs are located right across the street. The real question is how on earth no one among the teachers and students knew how to do the Heimlich.... heck, plenty of people have saved a life without any training, just by trying to imitate what they'd seen in the movies. How on earth did everyone just twiddle their thumbs until the kid was dead?
44
posted on
03/10/2006 9:35:34 PM PST
by
Enchante
(Democrats: "We are ALL broken and worn out, our party & ideas, what else is new?")
To: Enchante
Hi Enchante-
Yup, it's the "Rule of 3" that applies here in terms of survival:
- Three minutes with no air
- Three days with no water
- Three weeks with no food
~ Blue Jays ~
45
posted on
03/10/2006 9:44:04 PM PST
by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: TXnMA
I thought Heimlich and CPR posters were required to be posted in all facilities that provide food.Wanna bet that government run facilities are exempt from the rule?
46
posted on
03/10/2006 10:12:42 PM PST
by
null and void
(I nominate Sept 11th: "National Moderate Muslim Day of Tacit Approval". - Mr. Rational, paraphrased)
To: Samwise
Teachers are suppose to be trained in basic CPR-D
47
posted on
03/10/2006 10:14:33 PM PST
by
Porterville
(Sure are a lot of these few Muslim Extremist Fanatics)
To: Socratic
"...students say teachers stopped their calls to 911.... Multiple 911 calls went out from Martinsville High School."
Let's get beyond emotionalism and seek the truth of the matter.
The teacher failed in his/her mission to stop all cell phone use?
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posted on
03/10/2006 10:15:08 PM PST
by
null and void
(I nominate Sept 11th: "National Moderate Muslim Day of Tacit Approval". - Mr. Rational, paraphrased)
To: ArmyTeach
1. The teacher is in big trouble. Not if they have tenure.
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posted on
03/10/2006 10:17:58 PM PST
by
null and void
(I nominate Sept 11th: "National Moderate Muslim Day of Tacit Approval". - Mr. Rational, paraphrased)
To: Samwise
To: null and void
...teachers stopped their calls... Oh yes, a cabal of evil, totalitarian teachers in the midst of a student choking to death, collectively stopped the united efforts of all those other students to call for help. Sniff, sniff. Smell test in progress.
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posted on
03/10/2006 10:36:30 PM PST
by
Socratic
(I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa.)
To: Porterville
"Teachers are suppose to be trained in basic CPR-D"
Moreso, teachers should have basic CS (common sense).
But beyond that, somethings serously wrong here, I smell something stinky. NOBODY is that stupid that they will prevent a call for help from going out while actually LOOKING at a distressed individual. There's more to this story than what's in the article, I'm sure of it.
52
posted on
03/10/2006 10:38:16 PM PST
by
Zrob
(freedom without lies)
To: Blue Jays
Kitty Genovese syndrome is basically "I don't want to get involved" syndrome.
53
posted on
03/10/2006 10:49:01 PM PST
by
luvbach1
(Near the belly of the beast in San Diego)
To: Samwise
...choked on the left wing rhetoric?
54
posted on
03/10/2006 10:49:22 PM PST
by
Tzimisce
(How Would Mohammed Vote? Hillary for President! www.dndorks.com)
To: Blue Jays
if that's how you would prefer the situation be handled if your child was choking, no problem. but if it were my child i'd want the kid to backhand the teacher and go back to the conversation.
To: Socratic
Oh yes, a cabal of evil, totalitarian teachers in the midst of a student choking to death, collectively stopped the united efforts of all those other students to call for help. Sniff, sniff. Smell test in progress. The story does get a little confused.
Several Martinsville High School students say teachers stopped their calls to 911 while a fellow student was choking..
He says one of his friends tried to call 911 with his cell phone, but just as he reached an operator, he says a teacher closed his phone...
We've heard rumors to such an effect, that a cell phone was slapped out of a kids hand," Hollanders says, "We haven't been able to determine that at all whatsoever."
Let's remember that this report is from WISH Channel 8 TV and TV reporters on the scene are usually running around trying to hear anything they can. The early reports are always somewhat chaotic.
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posted on
03/10/2006 11:41:37 PM PST
by
xJones
(Stå sammen med danskerne !)
To: Blue Jays
At the same time, the kid should have been more forceful and just yelled, "Mrs. Jones, I'm calling 9-1-1 because that guy is choking over there. Please give him the Heimlich Maneuver while I call."Unfortunately it's easy for us adults to realize we need to be assertive when we're in that kind of situation. (Actually, I'm sure the poor kid is doing just what you said he should have done, over & over - in his mind.)
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posted on
03/10/2006 11:46:11 PM PST
by
jennyp
(WHAT I'M READING NOW: Life and Solitude in Easter Island by Verdugo-Binimelis)
To: null and void
Also aginst the desire of a student to live.
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posted on
03/11/2006 12:26:26 AM PST
by
taxesareforever
(Government is running amuck)
To: Samwise
Public school teachers and common sense. Exact opposites.
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posted on
03/11/2006 12:33:24 AM PST
by
Lockbar
(March toward the sound of the guns.)
To: Samwise
Several Martinsville High School students say teachers stopped their calls to 911 while a fellow student was choking, because cell phones aren't allowed on campus.
If the teachers are lucky, they will only be sued and not charged with negligent homicine.
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