[TheRifleman]

how is this possible? Pregnant women and baby DIED! because she was on her coffee break talking to her boyfriend.....cleared of all charges!!!! Said she would do it again!!! And she's still working!!!

Affirmative action???

EMT who ignored dying pregnant woman while on coffee break cleared of official misconduct charge after boss reverses stance


http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/b...XQZTqIkwGFP5tK





Melisa Jackson, 27, was in uniform and on-duty when she snuck away from her dispatcher job at FDNY headquarters in downtown Brooklyn in December 2009 to meet her EMT boyfriend in a nearby Au Bon Pain. But when pregnant Eutisha Rennix, 25, had a serious asthma attack, Jackson wouldn’t even walk into the back room to look at her.
Both Rennix and her unborn baby died.
“Had the defendant just walked into the rear room, she would have seen that this was not just a person who needed transport to a hospital. Ms. Rennix needed immediate medical assistance,” assistant district attorney Kevin Richardson said in court this morning.
“Ms. Rennix did die that day there on the floor in the rear locker room of Au Bon Pain, and the defendant had her coffee.”
Nahmod signed an affidavit in 2010 supporting the criminal complaint against Jackson. His affidavit said Jackson had violated a departmental rule — the “flag-down rule” — requiring that an on-duty EMT treat a defendant and notify dispatch if they are flagged down for help.
But on Wednesday, Nahmod called Richardson and said the flag-down rule doesn’t apply in this case because Jackson wasn’t assigned to an ambulance or special event where they are expected to provide aid.
“Based on the reversal of position of Chief Nahmod, there is absolutely no possible way to sustain a criminal charge against Ms. Jackson,” Richardson said in court.
“We’re perplexed. We don’t know why he changed his mind,” a law-enforcement source said.
Outside court Jackson refused to apologize to the Rennix family or accept any responsibility — and said she would do the same thing again.
“I had no type of equipment to render aid, because I worked inside of a dispatch center behind a computer,” Jackson maintained – even though she never even stepped into the back room to see what type of help was needed.
“If the same thing happened again, and I worked inside a 911 dispatch center, I would call 911 to have an ambulance dispatched to the location so they would be able to render care.”





Pregnant Eutisha Revee Rennix died after suffering a fatal asthma attack at Au Bon Pain in the Metrotech Center.

[Kermit]

I remember The other paramedic that was there was shot and killed a couple years ago.

[TheRifleman]

I remember The other paramedic that was there was shot and killed a couple years ago.

was it related to this case? I'm not really familiar with this story.

[Kermit]

was it related to this case? I'm not really familiar with this story.

Green, of Jackson Heights, Queens, had been a target of a criminal probe by the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office because he and his girlfriend, Melisa Jackson, 23, also an EMT, allegedly refused to help pregnant Au Bon Pain worker Eutisha Rennix, 25, after she suffered a seizure during their break at the coffee shop.

HERE is the story about the guy getting shot.

Karma is a bitch.

[dante1]

good and bad everywhere and in every occupation. However, in all contact, and it isn't that much, but in all contact I have had with these people EMTs they are real heroes. These guys and gals do one hell of a job saving lives. I watched a team bring a guy back to life, this guy was dead for all intents and purpose. He was purple but they continued to work on him as I thought WTF the guy is dead. Guess what he came to and actually started yelling at the EMTs This is a true story. I watched it happen and I said you know this guy was a son of a bitch when he lived, he died came back and was still a son of a bitch. I couldn't believe he was actually yelling at the kids to get him out of there. And believe me he was one SOB alive and dead. True story.

[TheRifleman]

Green, of Jackson Heights, Queens, had been a target of a criminal probe by the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office because he and his girlfriend, Melisa Jackson, 23, also an EMT, allegedly refused to help pregnant Au Bon Pain worker Eutisha Rennix, 25, after she suffered a seizure during their break at the coffee shop.

HERE is the story about the guy getting shot.

Karma is a bitch.

interesting....