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That's all it includes. For your convenience here is a direct link to the agency memo, from the linked article. http://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dhs/1100458_D
by burnthrow 6y ago
That's all it includes. For your convenience here is a direct link to the agency memo, from the linked article.
http://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dhs/1100458_Directive_6revTransportofTraumaticandNontraumaticCardiacArrest.pdf http://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dhs/1100458_Directive_6rev...
As for "unacceptable situation", here's a bit more color from actual local EMS: https://old.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/kqlgqz/ambulance_crews_told_not_to_transport_patients/ https://old.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/kqlgqz/ambulanc...
> As a former paramedic now assigned to media relations, the first thing I taught my kids about the news? Never react to the headline. While COVID-19 has shaped many pre-hospital care policies, protocols and procedures across California (and beyond) over the past year - including in Los Angeles County, rest assured that the concept of "No ROSC = No Transport" is not in any way new to our region, or most others.
> Brian Humphrey Firefighter/Specialist Public Service Officer Los Angeles Fire Department
(Above reference would be a separate comment, but this lovely thread sent serial downvoters to my history and I am timed out!)