Philly Medics Investigated Following Death of Pregnant Woman
The medics got to the scene in 3 minutes. That is pretty good. They got the patient out to their truck in 8 minutes. That is pretty good. They got to the hospital in 7 minutes – with a total elapsed time of 23 minutes from dispatch. That is pretty good.
So what is the problem?
According to the family of Joanne Rodrigues, Philadelphia Fire Department medics walked into her house last Monday without any equipment. The family says the medics then “start looking at [Rodriguez who was 9 months pregnant, had fallen, was complaining of difficulty breathing, and was on medication for a blood clot] and say ‘okay ma’am I need you to sit up.’ My niece is telling them ‘please, I can’t breathe, I’m weak, I can’t move’ and she was like ‘you need to do your part.’ The EMT is telling her she needs to do her part.”
And then there was this issue at the ER where the medic unit’s doors would not open….
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I am so fed up with people not doing there job right….that girl that died because the E.M.T wasn’t doing there job is my cousin and i have to live for the rest of my life knowing that my cousin died in someone else’s hands.. she didn’t deserve this and now my Lil cousin is growing up without his mother… I tell you this OUR FAMILY WILL NOT STOP FIGHTING FOR THE JUSTICE OF MY COUSIN JOANNE RODRIGUEZ ” NENA” R.I.P <3