I haven't had the time to listen to the live audio link yet, but I've given up on most Nurses and Doctors that aren't working in ED's at solid hospitals. The ones that piss me off the most are walk-in clinic staff...Every code that I've ever responded to at an Urgent Care-type facility or walk-in clinic, the pt. was laying on the ground and nobody was doing anything except shrugging. And, the the ONLY time I ever saw anybody in one of those facilities doing anything/even touching the pt. upon our arrival, I saw an MD doing a unnecessarily auscultating (for a really long time) a pt. in clear arrest; I assume it was probably just for looks/appearances, so that he wasn't blatantly standing around doing nothing, in the eyes of bystanders in the clinic and the pt's son, who don't know better (whereas to any medical professional would wanna punch him in the face, knowing that auscultating isn't going to do shit for someone in full arrest that needs CPR or MICR, let alone someone that doesn't even have an advanced airway in place).
In times like this, people need to forget about stupid policy bullshit and think about what you would want done if that was your mother/father/sister/brother/etc. standing there lifeless. I could never live with myself if I just stood by and did nothing; if I got fired, I would at least know I did the right thing, plus I'd give that co. so much bad PR that they'd likely reconsider their policy and termination decision, while dealing with me in court (as I shine the light on their crap).
