Post by rmarks1 on Jul 4, 2014 22:33:00 GMT -5
Just 500 yards from an emergency room
(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) — A veteran who collapsed in an Albuquerque Veterans Affairs hospital cafeteria — 500 yards from the emergency room — died after waiting 30 minutes for an ambulance, officials confirmed Thursday.
It took a half an hour for the ambulance to be dispatched and take the man from one building to the other, which is about a five-minute walk, officials at the hospital said.
Kirtland Air Force Medical Group personnel performed CPR until the ambulance arrived, VA spokeswoman Sonja Brown said.
Staff followed policy in calling 911 when the man collapsed on Monday, she said. “Our policy is under expedited review,” Brown said...
Lorenzo Calbert, 65, a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, said it was sad that a fellow veteran had to die so close to where he could have received help.
“There’s no reason for it,” he said. “They have so many workers. They could have put him on the gurney and run faster than that ambulance.”
time.com/2955391/veteran-dies-waiting-for-ambulance-in-va-hospital/
(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) — A veteran who collapsed in an Albuquerque Veterans Affairs hospital cafeteria — 500 yards from the emergency room — died after waiting 30 minutes for an ambulance, officials confirmed Thursday.
It took a half an hour for the ambulance to be dispatched and take the man from one building to the other, which is about a five-minute walk, officials at the hospital said.
Kirtland Air Force Medical Group personnel performed CPR until the ambulance arrived, VA spokeswoman Sonja Brown said.
Staff followed policy in calling 911 when the man collapsed on Monday, she said. “Our policy is under expedited review,” Brown said...
Lorenzo Calbert, 65, a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, said it was sad that a fellow veteran had to die so close to where he could have received help.
“There’s no reason for it,” he said. “They have so many workers. They could have put him on the gurney and run faster than that ambulance.”
time.com/2955391/veteran-dies-waiting-for-ambulance-in-va-hospital/
Bob