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My dad could still be alive, but he's not

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Re: My dad could still be alive, but he's not

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She blamed the research fraud on her assistant when she was initially accused of it and denied all liabilities. She only admitted to it after they had her cornered. I had her as my endocrinologist for a while and I would not recommend her. Edit: if you want to have a care-taker who doesn't mind lying or is a psychopath, you do you but it's a no go for me.

> if you want to have a care-taker who doesn't mind lying or is a psychopath, you do you but it's a no go for me. We've gone from accused of research fraud to psychopath. My original point is that I don't see how the effort to produce new knowledge has any bearing on the appropriate management of diabetes/thyroid hormone.

Her behavior is completely psychopathic.

It has to do with the integrity and willingness of someone to tell the truth; if she's willing to destroy evidence to avoid criticism, what other types of mistakes is she willing to cover up when dealing with a patient?

This seems pretty obvious, how are you not understanding this? It isn't her effort to produce new knowledge, its her willingness to lie in the face of failure.

If a patient of hers dies or starts to decline, she could falsify cause. The list goes on. She is so far on the slippery slope that it is dangerous for her to care for anyone.

Re: My dad could still be alive, but he's not

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post #37

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Is it recommended to take or give aspirin ASAP before the EMTs arrive? If so, I wonder if the dad took it.

Apparently it's no longer recommended, since it could also be an aortic rupture, and aspirin would make it worse. https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/should-i-take-an...

Depends on protocols, but hence why EMS’ job is recognition of the right issue (the best we can do), there are things we can evaluate to determine if we think its an aortic aneurysm even at the emt level to rule that out before making the determination to give aspirin (eg: comparing bilateral blood pressures, checking for pulsating masses)

a heart attack is far more common than an aortic aneurysm.

Re: My dad could still be alive, but he's not

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post #37

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Is it recommended to take or give aspirin ASAP before the EMTs arrive? If so, I wonder if the dad took it.

Apparently it's no longer recommended, since it could also be an aortic rupture, and aspirin would make it worse. https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/should-i-take-an...

Thank you for sharing.

Re: My dad could still be alive, but he's not

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Lol the idea that a scamster will only pull one scam in their life is such a gullible position hahaha.

> Lol the idea that a scamster will only pull one scam in their life is such a gullible position hahaha. The doctor gets paid irrespective of their diagnosis—and I am yet to hear of a conspiracy where the doctor makes more money when their patients die.

Well you clearly haven't looked into the opioid crisis.

Wuh wuh.

Re: My dad could still be alive, but he's not

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Yes you could (assuming no allergies or gi bleeds) and just inform the incoming EMTs

How can one preemptively test if they have an allergy? Is there a dosage that is known to trigger detectable allergy symptoms without going full anaphylaxis? I'm getting up there in age and that is presumably something that I should learn about myself...

As an EMT, I’d say to ask your primary care provider :-)

Don’t want to suggest you do something and end up with anaphylaxis.

Re: My dad could still be alive, but he's not

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The post mentions Toronto, so I'm going to assume that the publicly funded Canadian health care system bears some responsibility for the sad outcome.

Yes. If emergency services were run by a private company, like airlines for example, they will never ever be 30 minutes late!

Re: My dad could still be alive, but he's not

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My condolences, very sorry for your loss. I work as an EMT (911) and resourcing is certainly a problem. In my small city, our response time is around 5 minutes, and if we need to upgrade to get paramedics, that’s maybe another 5-10. However, if we are out on a call, out of service, or the neighboring city is on a call, now the next closest unit is 15+ minutes away.. sometimes there can just be bad luck in that nearby…

I'm coming at this as someone who had an MI at a relatively young age: For the goals -- and this may differ between EMT / paramedic & protocols -- but I would really wish that there was a blood draw done in the field. Before they bring you to the cath lab with a suspected MI, the ER is likely going to draw blood to get troponin levels at a 2-hour interval. You could save some time & heart muscle by getting a blood sa…

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Re: My dad could still be alive, but he's not

#128

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Lol the idea that a scamster will only pull one scam in their life is such a gullible position hahaha.

> Lol the idea that a scamster will only pull one scam in their life is such a gullible position hahaha. The doctor gets paid irrespective of their diagnosis—and I am yet to hear of a conspiracy where the doctor makes more money when their patients die.

But the doctor likely makes the same money for less effort that contributes to the patient dying, because it's hard to prove the link.

Re: My dad could still be alive, but he's not

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This is a very tragic story and my heart goes out to the family. It's one I've seen a few times now and hear about on a very regular basis from my coworkers. I am a Canadian Paramedic (EMR soon to be PCP in a few months, roughly equivalent to EMT and AEMT respectively). Some things strike out at me: - Here in BC our calltakers can advise patients on some treatments. I'm sure if that were to happen here, they would ha…

Yes they send fire here in Toronto too. They frequently beat the ambulance. And yes they prioritize heart issue above all else too.

Re: My dad could still be alive, but he's not

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Someone, please, for the love of all that is holy: Set up a website with information on how to reach emergency services from x to y country. People are literally dying here.

I once tried to call an ambulance on an active suicide attempt in the United States (while I myself was in Europe).

Problem 1: What number should I call? My country's national emergency line could not help and had no direct communication with ANY emergency services in the USA. Unable to find the phone number for EMS in the USA, I called the local police department which was answering their regular phone line at that time.

Problem 2: This requires long distance calling and local police departments do not accept collect calls.

Problem 3: Police receptionist was hesitant to connect me to dispatch but did so anyways.

Problem 4: I am now easily 10-20 minutes into making an emergency phone call and I haven't even talked to anyone able to help me.

Problem 5: Ambulance took another 10-15 minutes to even show up.

I explicitly stated "they just took pills, they have no neurological symptoms right now, do not leave immediately."

Problem 6: Ambulance left after a simple "it's a prank call" given at the front door.

Not much later, this person started showing severe neurological symptoms. I repeated the call, told them they were now actively dying and needed help. Luckily an ambulance came and helped this person, but it was an incredibly close call.

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