What a crappy way to die at the footsteps of the hospital
Man Dies After Hospital tells police to call 911
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doublej95SBR Posting Legend
- 01-26-10
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#1Man Dies After Hospital tells police to call 911Tags: None -
LordVodkaSBR Hall of Famer
- 08-17-09
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#2God bless America.Comment -
Mr KLCBARRELED IN @ SBR!
- 12-19-07
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#3Sometimes protocol needs to take a back seat, and compassion with common sense needs to sink in.Comment -
dizzy_7SBR Sharp
- 07-12-10
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#4Thank god in Australia this shit would never happen... "Touch Wood"Comment -
onetrickponySBR Hall of Famer
- 08-23-10
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#7shari we know ur tendencies of touching wood are higher than most, get ur mind out the gutter. its knock on wood women.Comment -
chilidogSBR Posting Legend
- 04-05-09
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#8yah, and you're supposed to actually knock on some wooden object when you say it. i've never heard it called 'touch wood' before. that just sounds dirtyComment -
RobberSBR Hall of Famer
- 10-21-09
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#9weird story
i dont get itComment -
doublej95SBR Posting Legend
- 01-26-10
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#10it's knock on wood.Comment -
shari91BARRELED IN @ SBR!
- 02-23-10
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#11It's actually both.
Knocking on wood, and the spoken expression "knock on wood," are used to express a desire to avoid "tempting fate" after making some boast or speaking of one's own death. In the United Kingdom, Egypt, Ireland, India and Australia, the term "touch wood" is used.
In United States and Canada, the term "knock on wood" is best known. It is predated by a now-defunct saying "stomp on wood" which was used in the early 19th century. It was said to originate from early settlers when they would stomp the floor in their log cabins to avoid bad luck. The saying "knocking on wood" was recorded only after the early 20th century.
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doublej95SBR Posting Legend
- 01-26-10
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#12I will stick to saying knock on wood, touch wood sounds stupid.Comment -
GoIrish682SBR High Roller
- 11-05-10
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#13i thought it had to do with jesus was a carpenter?Comment -
doublej95SBR Posting Legend
- 01-26-10
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#15maybe that had the foresight that one day particleboard would be invented and stomping it would destroy the hell out of it.Comment -
bettilimbroke999SBR Posting Legend
- 02-04-08
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#16Nobody in the ER gives a shit, the ER is normally the worst workers and the most inept doctors, think about it what doctor worth a shit would work at 3 am sewing up gunshot wounds on gang members without insurance
They also like to employ about 1 doctor for every 30 patients, if you have to go to the ER for anything serious rest assured you're deadComment -
bettilimbroke999SBR Posting Legend
- 02-04-08
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#17I made that mistake a long time ago when I was talking to a teacher of mine, I said touch wood but unfortunately I had a huge boner and she called securityComment -
boscokidSBR MVP
- 04-03-10
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#18What a crappy way to die at the footsteps of the hospital http://www.citizen-times.com/article...text|FrontpageComment -
bracermanSBR Sharp
- 01-07-11
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#19What a terrible story. Unreal how people can't look beyond protocol and the "rules" and just use some common sense.Comment -
kiefynugsSBR Wise Guy
- 11-20-10
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#20would you risk your job to save some random dude?Comment -
doublej95SBR Posting Legend
- 01-26-10
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#21
Yes.Comment -
ConanSBR MVP
- 09-01-10
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#22Comment -
cant call itSBR Hall of Famer
- 08-29-10
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#23world is messed up place,and it will get alot worse before it gets any betterComment -
oilerSBR Hall of Famer
- 06-06-09
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#24What a crappy way to die at the footsteps of the hospital
http://www.citizen-times.com/article...text|FrontpageComment -
jeffdaneSBR Hall of Famer
- 09-20-09
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#25i think having a job like that, its your duty to help, fired or not its kinda an oath isnt it, i mean i think the next hospital will hire u if u were a great worker and the only negative on your resume was that u saved some dudes life.Comment -
bettilimbroke999SBR Posting Legend
- 02-04-08
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#26You guys need to wake the **** up, nobody in healthcare gives a shit about helping anyone, its a fuckin job and they show up to get a paycheck, no one is going to do anything but follow protocol bc they dont make any extra for helping ppl but they could lose their job.Comment -
ByeSheaSBR Hall of Famer
- 06-30-08
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#27"""" But she (the new widow) told The Oregonian she believes if she had insisted on driving with her husband to the hospital, he might still be alive.
"They left him to die," Luis Garcia said."""""
Having a heart attack? Drive yourself to the hospital so I can watch General Hospital.Comment -
Cap dat 4ssRestricted User
- 10-11-10
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#28It's unfortunate but the hospital staff did the right thing. This mans family can sue and maybe even the hospital will settle but neligence did not take place. 1.) They did not have a duty to act. You can't do anything special in the parking garage, only CPR which the police were already doing. For advanced procedures the EMT's needed to be present or the patient needed to be in the ER. and 2.) It was not the actions of the hospital staff that caused his death. He was already dead when police arrived and he could have been without any perfusion to the brain or heart for up to 20 minutes.
So as bad as it sounds the ER staff did nothing wrong. You can't save everyone guys and it was his time to go.Comment -
Cap dat 4ssRestricted User
- 10-11-10
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#29You guys need to wake the **** up, nobody in healthcare gives a shit about helping anyone, its a fuckin job and they show up to get a paycheck, no one is going to do anything but follow protocol bc they dont make any extra for helping ppl but they could lose their job.Where do you come up with this conclusion? You couldn't be more wrong by the way. A paycheck is part of it and without it nobody would do anything. And of course they will follow protocol most of the time, it's what protects them from a lawsuit. Can't be cowboying nowadays. Easy for an attorney to convince a jury that the damages sustained by his client were the direct result of the medical employee not following protocol. And then the medical worker has no leg to stand on. But nonetheless, I've seen countless times in my career where medics, nurses and doctors have deviated from protocol to potentially helping a patient.
I've even witnessed a paramedic do a c-section in the field of a traumatic full arrest. Kid is alive and doing very good, paramedic lost his license and was never able to practice again. He sleeps well at night with the decision he made.Comment -
bettilimbroke999SBR Posting Legend
- 02-04-08
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#30"""" But she (the new widow) told The Oregonian she believes if she had insisted on driving with her husband to the hospital, he might still be alive.
"They left him to die," Luis Garcia said."""""
Having a heart attack? Drive yourself to the hospital so I can watch General Hospital.Comment -
bettilimbroke999SBR Posting Legend
- 02-04-08
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#31Where do you come up with this conclusion? You couldn't be more wrong by the way. A paycheck is part of it and without it nobody would do anything. And of course they will follow protocol most of the time, it's what protects them from a lawsuit. Can't be cowboying nowadays. Easy for an attorney to convince a jury that the damages sustained by his client were the direct result of the medical employee not following protocol. And then the medical worker has no leg to stand on. But nonetheless, I've seen countless times in my career where medics, nurses and doctors have deviated from protocol to potentially helping a patient.
I've even witnessed a paramedic do a c-section in the field of a traumatic full arrest. Kid is alive and doing very good, paramedic lost his license and was never able to practice again. He sleeps well at night with the decision he made.Comment -
Vol_BengalSBR Sharp
- 11-30-10
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#32
On a much less important / life threatening note... wife drives a disability bus (wheelchair style) for a local school system. They're not allowed to wheel the child onto the lift, hold the wheelchair while the lift is in motion, or wheel the child off the lift into the bus. A parent / aide has to do it because if ANYTHING happens the first thing the school system will do is blame the bus driver, no matter what. Facts be damned.
It is heartless and common sense has gone by the wayside... but, you have to protect yourself too. Because, believe it, you will be the scapegoat if shit hits the fan.Comment -
Vol_BengalSBR Sharp
- 11-30-10
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#33Not if, in the process of litigation, etc. you lose your medical license. Which could, and would, be highly likely.Comment -
ConanSBR MVP
- 09-01-10
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#34So basicly the argument here is they did nothing wrong because soulless lawyers have made them have to consiter lawsuits before every thing they do. They did do something wrong legaly no moraly yes and the law should change to reflect that.Comment -
oilerSBR Hall of Famer
- 06-06-09
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#35It's unfortunate but the hospital staff did the right thing. This mans family can sue and maybe even the hospital will settle but neligence did not take place. 1.) They did not have a duty to act. You can't do anything special in the parking garage, only CPR which the police were already doing. For advanced procedures the EMT's needed to be present or the patient needed to be in the ER. and 2.) It was not the actions of the hospital staff that caused his death. He was already dead when police arrived and he could have been without any perfusion to the brain or heart for up to 20 minutes.
So as bad as it sounds the ER staff did nothing wrong. You can't save everyone guys and it was his time to go.Comment
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