billy52

she had been in cardiac arrest for 1 minute

alright heres the whole scenario: the patient was a lady in her 70's she had tacypnea, she had previously had hip surgery. weak short of breath, the paramedic put her on a nonrebreather. the EMT offered an IV bag but the paramedic said they didn't need it, he also said it was non emergency traffic. 50 minutes into transport paramedic changes it to emergency. they arrived 7 minutes later and pulled the patient out. she was unconscious, had nonrebreather on, and no IV. they pulled her out of the ambulance doing one handed chest compressions forgetting the BVM.

SR EMT did not perform the BVM even though she was having breathing difficulty. Patient made it to the hospital but needed CPR upon arrival. Sr was afraid of what to put in their report. Outcome of patient unknown.

What would you do in a situation where the Sr EMT did not perform a BVM on a patient when one should have been performed. What about further consequence, could the city be liable?