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reply posted on 17-10-2008 @ 04:29 AM by ignorant_ape
reply to post by Mdv2



FFS - you have not even attempted to read this thread have you ?this event alledgedly occured in australia



reply posted on 17-10-2008 @ 05:10 AM by enlighten2012
reply to post by Star kitten





i'm sorry though i dont believe a second of this story.
30 people standng around a dying girl and no-one called 000... RUBBISH!


reply posted on 17-10-2008 @ 05:28 AM by ImaginaryReality1984
reply to post by Star kitten



I don't understand, i know CPR and the thought of being sued wouldn't have even entered my head. The only thing i would have thought of would be to save her life.

I just don't get it.


reply posted on 17-10-2008 @ 05:33 AM by Lebowski achiever
reply to post by badmedia


No they shouldn't sue, the people who watched her die (especially the people with Defib training) should be charged. There was gross negligence here and they should be charged with it. I would nearly say Manslaughter through neglect. Jail time for these people!


reply posted on 17-10-2008 @ 07:44 AM by emmy
Originally posted by enlighten2012
reply to
post by Star kitten





i'm sorry though i dont believe a second of this story.
30 people standng around a dying girl and no-one called 000... RUBBISH!



It probably is true. There was one story of a young girl in New York, went out on a run, someone stabs her, no one calls for a fricking ambulance and people stand around watching. It DOES happen unfortunately.

As for the 2 supposedly trained EMT's in the office. Screw that crap, I'd be straight in there, what can they sur for? The fact that a guy is giving a girl CPR? I wouldn't be sueing if that was me and I survived, they would have saved my life.

Those First Aiders need proper educating on this matter. I'd rather save someones life and feel the wrath of possibly being sued!

Was it just a bunch of males there, then, Star? Apart from the girl?


reply posted on 17-10-2008 @ 08:53 AM by Nola213
This is a terrible story.

To hear that she died of a heart attack, and there were two people theretrained in CPR , AND a defibulator there to boot. they should have had a VERY good chance to get this girls heart going again.

If your not trained in CPR, get trained. OR call 911, and let them walk you through it.

I had a personal experience like this, where my ex had basically been dead for about 10 minutes, lips were basically black, and her face was ashen. I took CPR almost 10 years before that but training kicked right in. It took the ambulance, which I immediately called over 10 more minutes to get to the scene, beforethey got there, I had her up and around. Then they took over.

I know how exausting it can be 10 minutes of doing CPR is extremely hard, much better if you have 2 people. I feel for you, OP, that no one would help you.

I could see them being leary of useing the defibulator without liscenced training, but CPR? Come on. What has this world come to? Guess I might could choke to death in a restaurant because all the people there are afraid to give me the the hemlic(sp?) manuever, for fear of being sued? Looks like I'll be useing the straight hard back of a chair on myself, and have to break a rib or two, because people are afraid to get involved.

Contrary to common belief a defibulator doesn;t start the heart back up with a shock, it actually stops it cold; thi9s way through CPR you can restore the natural rythm of the heartbeat. Cardiac Arrest, (heart ATTacks) are almost always caused by a heart that is beating abnormally. So really unless anyone heard her say she had chest pains, shooting pain up her left arm ect, I wouldn't imagine a 27 yr old haveing a heart attack(although a 21 yr old friend of mine died on the hockey rink many years ago of a heart attack, it does happen),

CPR still would have helped if they had called an ambulance and started CPR right away, the personal on the other end ofr the phone line can instuct you on what to do (so as long as you follow their directions, your in no harm of being sued). If they were worried about a male giving afemale mouth to mouth, thats pure rubbish when someone is dieing.

The fact that no one even decided or thought ot, or bothered to call for an ambulance is the realtradgedy here. Good lord in this day and age where everyone has a cell phone attached to thier head???? Not to mention you work in an office filled with telephones?? What the heck??

Whats the old saying if, your being attacked or raped in NY (I'm from NY,so no hate here but) you yell "Fire" instead of "Help"?(might have this one messed up, but it goes something like that).

Sad times we live in.

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reply posted on 17-10-2008 @ 09:01 AM by ManInAsia
reply to post by badmedia



I agreee, it's exactly a report of getting sued that will discourage people in helping.
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