NEW YORK (VINnews) — New York State has abruply nixed a controversial new directive that asked first responders to not work on patients who didn’t have a pulse upon arrival to the scene.
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The drastic move was announced by New York State in a memo last week.
Before the change, the protocol was to spend 20 minutes working on patients in cardiac arrest. But according to the state Health Department memo, the decision to roll that back was “necessary during the COVID-19 response to protect the health and safety of EMS providers by limiting their exposure, conserve resources, and ensure optimal use of equipment to save the greatest number of lives.”
New York first responders didn’t take kindly to the new directive, according to The Post.
“They’re not giving people a second chance to live anymore,’’ says Oren Barzilay, who is head of the city union which includes EMTs and paramedics as members.
“Our job is to bring patients back to life. This guideline takes that away from us,” he continued.
This wasn’t the first change in guidelines issued to emergency responders as of late. Earlier this month, the Regional Emergency Services Council of New York asked emergency responders to not transport cardiac arrest patients to the hospital if their heart could not be restarted at the scene.
However, the protocol to carry out 20 minutes of revival attempts at the scene remained in effect until last week.
Despite the new directive, the FDNY had announced that “the NYC 911 system will continue to maintain a higher level of care.” This means they would still attempt to revive patients at the scene.
However, the Post is now reporting that State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker has now rescinded the new guidelines.
According to a new statement by the New York Health Department, these guidelines “don’t reflect New York’s standards and for that reason DOH Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker has ordered them to be rescinded.”
Counclilman Chaim Deutsch thanked the Health Department for making the right decision following the reversal.
The @nypost is now reporting that the NYS Health Department has pulled back this guideline. This is the right decision – thank you @HealthNYGov Commisisoner Zucker. https://t.co/lJkOl3d9FC https://t.co/q2JYQdq4NR
— Councilman Deutsch (@ChaimDeutsch) April 22, 2020
רוצחים to put it mildly
Sick evil wicked administration. That is the liberal mindset. You can murder your baby and have the taxpayer pay for it, so letting an adult die in front of their eyes means nothing to them. This is exactly what Bill Gates had in mind when he proclaimed we must have population control. Germany all over again. Euthanasia. Aktion T4. Kill off the sick and elderly. And then we are told by our askanim, we should honor and thank these lowlife dogs. Pheh!
Since Hatzola is not bound to follow these orders, this may resualt in a lot more people calling hatzola than EMS
Then what’s the point of them working? Might as well just let the people die at home with no 911 at all. That’s insane.
I hope any Jewish EMT does not abide by this directive. Their job is to do whatever they possibly can to keep the patient alive. If the patient dies anyway, that’s already mishamayim.
I live in a heavily religious Jewish neighborhood, not Boro Park or Williamsburg. In this neighborhood almost everyone wears masks when out, regardless of whether one is Jewish, religious, or not.
Drove through Boropark today. Almost none of the Jews were wearing masks! Almost the only ones wearing masks were not Jewish.
If you don’t have mercy on yourselves, you can’t complain when someone doesn’t have mercy on you. The Jews in Boro Park have no right to complain about the way they are treated at Maimonides or any where else.
and Mayor De Bozo wants to make the first thing after the restrictions are lifted, a parade for the first responders, the murders for the great job they did to kill pepole
Read the last sentence: “ Despite this, the FDNY has announced that “the NYC 911 system will continue to maintain a higher level of care.” This means they will still attempt to revive patients at the scene.”
I should to my previous post that while driving through Boro Park I saw a group of about 15 or 20 people walking together not practicing social distancing in any shape or form with ine older woman wearing a mask.
Then they wonder why so many of them are dying and blame it on the health care workers! If you don’t have mercy on yourselves, don’t ask anyone else to have mercy on you.
Moshe you are an ignorant fool these orders which where removed deals with hospitals. Not volunteer ambulance groups
Lot of name calling here. What’s wrong with all of you? You should ALL be ashamed of yourselves
I was at Bingo yesterday most ppl were wearing masks. They did not all children in. There were people in the store without masks I called over a manager who said what can I do some people dont listen. I said wrong, walk over and have them leave. He said oh I cant do that!. The cashier was appalled she said I’m afraid anytime we complain we are told we are replaceable…insane. Again most were wearing both gloves and masks however a store must throw ppl out that arnt wearing masks I’m probably wrong but didn’t have the heart to call 911.
Bingo Brooklyn
You people are ALL crazy. This is the exact reason why Mashiach cannot come. Sinat Achim. It’s erev Rosh Chodesh and it’s been so long since we were able to go to Shul and be with family and friends. Have we learned nothing????
Judy, wait a minute. Just who sent this plague to earth? Who decreed that all the heilige Yidden that perished should die? Or don’t you believe that the “Ribbono shel Olam” decrees everything that happens in the world? If you lived in Boro Park or Williamsburg you have been going too Shul and seeing friends as usual, except of course those that the “Ribbono shel Olam” decreed should die, helped by your spreading His virus.