Monday, March 01, 2010
A horrible story
I couldn't believe this story:
Horrible. 10 freakin calls? I mean, I can see how the ball can get dropped once or twice. But by the time 5 hours and 5 calls went by, I'd think this would've been escalated, no?
I was reading this story aloud to a co-worker when I came to this statement, made by the head of public safety in Pittsburgh, who summed up his department's performance thusly:
As the Sheriff of El Paso once said (sort of): That don't hardly say it.
PITTSBURGH – With her boyfriend in severe abdominal pain, Sharon Edge called 911 for an ambulance in the early morning hours of Feb. 6. Heavy snow was falling — so heavy it would all but bring the city to a standstill — and Curtis Mitchell needed to go to a hospital.
"Help is on the way," the operator said.
It never arrived.
Nearly 30 hours later — and 10 calls from the couple to 911, four 911 calls to them and at least a dozen calls between 911 and paramedics — Curtis Mitchell died at his home.
Horrible. 10 freakin calls? I mean, I can see how the ball can get dropped once or twice. But by the time 5 hours and 5 calls went by, I'd think this would've been escalated, no?
I was reading this story aloud to a co-worker when I came to this statement, made by the head of public safety in Pittsburgh, who summed up his department's performance thusly:
"We failed this person."
As the Sheriff of El Paso once said (sort of): That don't hardly say it.
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2 comments:
“… You get out of that damn truck and you walk to the residence,” Huss said. “That’s what needed to happen. We could have carried him out.”
Each ambulance became stuck in the snow, called dispatch for help getting to Mr. Mitchell. Each time the medics were refused help, but were canceled and sent to the next patient. The medics dug themselves out and went to the next patient.
On that day, the medics treated and transported almost three times the normal number of patients. The paramedics were not being lazy. The medics were working non-stop helping people.
The official review by the city's medical director did not blame the paramedics. Public Safety Director Michael Huss had this review before he blamed the paramedics.
Why is Public Safety Director Michael Huss ignoring the facts?
what is he french..... We, i'm sure he wasn't out there digging out the ambulances or swinging by in his vehicle to pick up the person. What a tool make a statement after you get both sides of the story