It's hard, but there really is no choice.

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Breaking: NYC Orders EMS To Not Transport Cardiac-Arrest Patients Without A Pulse
ED MORRISSEYPosted at 9:55 am on April 2, 2020

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In any acute shortage situation, rationing becomes inevitable. In New York City, that has gone way beyond face masks and personal protective equipment. Starting immediately, emergency medical services have been ordered not to bring cardiac-arrest cases to hospitals unless the patients have a pulse, a move designed to save capacity in the coronavirus pandemic:


The memo, distributed late Wednesday to New York officials and first responders, said certain near-death patients will likely not be able to be saved while city hospitals are overrun with COVID-19 patients.


Effective immediately, patients in cardiac arrest will not be transported to a hospital if first responders cannot get a pulse on their own while administering CPR, the memo states.


“These orders are binding and the FDNY will devise a plan for implementation,” Deputy Fire Commissioner Frank Dwyer told ABC News.


In a blunt advisory on March 29, the Nassau County Regional Emergency Medical Advisory Committee on Long Island stated, “There is no medical benefit to transporting patients in cardiac arrest with CPR in progress.” The statement goes on to justify the new protocol with a statistic saying successful resuscitation rates increase when patients are not moved during CPR.


First responders aren’t even authorized to move a pulse-less patient at all, unless the location is unsafe for them to attend the patient. The new policy will remain in place until the peak of hospitalizations in the city passes, and no one’s sure when that will be.

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