The toughest decision you made

C50 said:
Likely because the murderer had the best chance of survival, medical professionals do not get to play judge or jury, they treat who they can save.
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Exactly this.... as the only paramedic there at the time.. The officers found her with a pulse but then started CPR. I continued treating her as they provided aid to the shooter who had had shot himself.
 

hollydolly said:
I wasn't judgng..I just personally couldn't imagine leaving someone who is still alive that is getting CPR... to attend to someone who didn't deserve to be alive.......and as it truend out the Murderer didn't survive.. and maybe the girls would have...
Not a decision any one of us except medics.. would like to make....
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Holly my dear... It is a nightmare to make and live with... But to clarify a couple things....
If they are getting CPR, they are technically already dead.
We never did CPR on the shooter, we aggressively treated him, stopping the bleeding, secured an airway that kept him alive.
3 days later he was taken off life support and his 19-year-old organs saved the lives of several others.
 
To stop contacting my son with apologies and birthday and Christmas gifts after 5 years of him refusing to acknowlege me. Continuing to beat my head against a brick wall is nonproductive and making me miserable. When he's ready to forgive, he will. I'm beginning to believe that will never happen.
 

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