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I don't have the words for how awful this is
As her parents I would be livid. I personally feel that every person who works with children needs to be CPR certified, whether it is legally required or not.
And shame on the paramedics employer who suspended him. I understand that he broke protocol. But it seems that according to this article he assessed the situation, left a stable patient under the care of a driver to help a dying child.
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That is beyond Sad. The only thing I will say is even though most states don't require training (stupid IMHO) many districts do. My wife and I have taught at schools, teacher's associations, and conferences. Some schools partner with local EMS to do the trainings onsite also. I would still check with local district to see what the policies and requirements are. As a parent I would want to know (my kid's district requires pretty much everyone to be trained).
Still, this situation is a failure from top to bottom.
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I'm in NY and DH is a teacher. Because of massive budget cuts anything that isn't mandated isn't done. He hasn't had CPR/First Aid in a few years.
My summer assistant is a TA at the same school and I found out just as she was about to start that they no longer were doing CPR/First Aid because I forgot to ask if she was current and it turned out she wasn't
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