Unreal story from New York City's FOX 5:
EMT suspended for trying to save choking girl
A heroic New York EMT who tried in vain last week to save a 7-year-old school girl choking on her lunch said he was suspended because it is against company policy to make a stop without being called.
Qwasi Reid, who works for Assist Ambulance, was transporting a nursing home patient last Wednesday with his partner when he said they were flagged down at a red light by a frantic man who told them that a student was choking. Reid said his partner, who was not reprimanded by the company, told the man they already had a patient and there was nothing they could do.
Reid, who has driven ambulances for four years, said he knew the choking girl took a priority over the transport, and against his partner's urging, jumped out of the ambulance's back door and administered first aid to the girl, who he said had already turned blue. No one at the school was rendering first aid, he said.
"I don't regret it," Reid, who said he is suspended without pay, told FoxNews.com. "I'd do it again. If I know there's a child choking, I'm going to do my best to help her."
Emphasis mine - you are saying that no one from the school even tried to help - they just let this poor little girl suffocate? Is there no mandatory first aid training for teachers? This is something that only takes 20 hours - you can knock it out in two weeks of casual study and would help save lives like this one.
Hell has a name and it is the New York City School System.
Just for grins, I googled Assist Ambulance and got this website: Assist Ambulance For some strange reason, all of their pages display the following:
Maintenance - another word for Damage Control?
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