Officials tell LA paramedics not to transfer some patients to hospital

[Counselor706]

Paramedics in Southern California have been told not to transport patients to the hospital who are less likely to survive and to ration oxygen supplies as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

In a directive issued on Monday, Emergency Medical Services Agency Director Marianne Gausche-Hill instructed paramedics not to transfer adult patients "in blunt traumatic and nontraumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest" if successful resuscitation is not achieved in the field "due to the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on EMS and 9-1-1 Receiving Hospitals."

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[KeithD]

You, in your despicable posting history here, have contributed to this being the situation now. So, take your thread and stick it where the sun don't shine.

 

[Biggs_Darklighter]

It's triage is all. They are in a type of mass casualty situation.

 

[islandman]

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This is why we told you fuckers TO WEAR A FUCKING MASK.

 

[YDB95]

Back in 1994, the right successfully derailed Clinton's health care reform efforts with lots of scare tactics about "rationing". Now that's just what we've got. Great job, Repubs.