Jaclyn Peiser "When the police officer entered a room at a southern California care facility last month, he found a panicked nurse performing chest compressions on a patient, body-camera footage shows. The patient was in cardiac arrest, and the staff did not have the proper equipment to help, according to a police report.
"But just outside the entrance of the building stood paramedics equipped with possible lifesaving tools. They had refused to cross the threshold, claiming it was against state covid rules, according to the report.
"So the officer jumped into action, helping the staff push the bed, which was not on wheels, through the building and out the front door to the first responders from the Rialto Fire Department.
"The patient, who has not been identified by authorities, was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.". . .
. . ."A second employee pleaded for help and said they were providing CPR and "could not move the patient and disrupt the rescue effort," Ballew wrote in his report.
" 'You are doing the same thing we would have to do if we went in," one of the fire personnel said, according to Ballew. "So, hurry up and bring him out so we can help."
"Ballew said one of the first responders then turned to him and said if the care center staff did not like the policy, they "should call their congressman," the report states. " . . .
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