Reason needed in wake of tragic, preventable death
When a nurse refused to do CPR on a woman it spurred support for laws mandating emergency care. That’s not something that can, or should, be mandated.
Public outrage over a preventable death often leads to loud calls for change in the laws. But sometimes new legislation — particularly when driven by emotion — often causes far more problems than it addresses.
#And that might well be the case if new laws result from legislation enacted in the wake of the tragedy in California in which a nurse at an independent living home refused to give CPR to a dying 87-year-old woman.
The incident has gained national attention as the horrifying seven-minute 9-1-1 call where a dispatcher makes desperate pleas for the nurse to do CPR has been played over and over on cable news channels.
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