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Mother of Dead Woman Says Medics Told Her She Could Not Afford Ambulance
Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:14 pm
Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:14 pm
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Nicole Black got a call around 1:45 a.m. on July 4 that her daughter Crystle Galloway had fallen in the bathroom of her Tampa, Fla., condominium and that something was wrong.
She had hit her head, Ms. Galloway’s daughter said, and by the time Ms. Black raced from her home two blocks away, she was slumped over the bathtub, foaming at the mouth and her lips were swollen.
Ms. Black called 911. Later that day, Ms. Galloway slipped into a coma. She died five days after.
But weeks later, questions persist about what happened after the 911 call and whether race played a role in how Ms. Black and her daughter were treated. Four emergency medical workers have been placed on paid leave and face a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday.
Ms. Black said that the responders told her she could not afford the $600 ambulance ride to take her daughter to the hospital, and that she was directed by the medics to drive her there on her own. Ms. Black said she believed her family was treated poorly because they are black.
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Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:16 pm to trom83
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Nicole Black
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Ms. Black said she believed her family was treated poorly because they are black
This post was edited on 7/31/18 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:16 pm to trom83
So what are the chances this woman is completely full of shite?
Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:20 pm to Alt26
Paramedics usually don’t ask for payment so I’m going to say she is.
Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:20 pm to trom83
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Ms. Black said that the responders told her she could not afford the $600 ambulance ride to take her daughter to the hospital
Well........ could she?
Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:21 pm to JetsetNuggs
Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:22 pm to trom83
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the responders described helping Ms. Galloway down the stairs of her home and placing her into Ms. Black’s car, but they denied refusing to take her. “By the time we realized that no information was obtained, the mother had already left the scene,” Lieutenant Morris wrote. He said that Ms. Black was “adamant” she would take her daughter to the emergency room and that “at no point would I advise against a person being transported by our rescue.”
this reads like they were just trying to do her a solid
This post was edited on 7/31/18 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:22 pm to trom83
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Ms. Black said she believed her family was treated poorly because they are black.
Of course she was. There’s no other reason for anyone to be a dick to another person unless they’re white and the mistreated person is a minority/woman. That’s the only logical scenario, anything else is misinterpretation.
Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:23 pm to Alt26
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So what are the chances this woman is completely full of shite?
Until I hear otherwise, I’m going to believe her.
Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:24 pm to Alt26
quote:Roughly 100%???
So what are the chances this woman is completely full of shite?
EMT's and other 1st responders are not the decision makers. They are assessors and providers and transporters of basic life saving care.
They follow the instructions of the decision makers they are in contact with.
Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:25 pm to JetsetNuggs
It's not a race thing. The family has a reputation. Nichole thinks Blacks are treated unfairly all over town.
Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:25 pm to Sidicous
Not a single IWHI on the first page?
Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:26 pm to trom83
Damn
Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:27 pm to LSUWoodworker
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Not a single IWHI on the first page?
Not a single necrophiliac on the 1st page....except you?
Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:27 pm to trom83
I’m a medic and I’ve never heard of that happening. I assume the medics got refusal of care signed and documented well. This is why you go through documentation in class even as boring as that subject is. If they did tell her she can’t afford it, that’s just awful and they will be fired.
Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:29 pm to Sidicous
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Not a single necrophiliac on the 1st page....except you?
Perhaps clarification is necessary, my assumption would be pre-accident and prior to assuming room temperature
Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:31 pm to windshieldman
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I assume the medics got refusal of care signed and documented well.
No, they didn't. So basically it's a he-said she-said issue.
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Officials in Hillsborough County, which provided the emergency medical response, disputed her account, denied that race played a role and said Ms. Black herself said she wanted to take her daughter to the hospital.
But officials acknowledged other troubling issues: Nobody took Ms. Galloway’s vitals at the scene; responders failed to get a signed confirmation from Ms. Black that her daughter wouldn’t use the ambulance; and, in a follow-up report, medical workers indicated that they had not arrived at the scene at all that morning.
Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:33 pm to trom83
You know why I've never called an ambulance???
Because I'm not sure I can afford one.
People in this country need to quit relying on someone else to do everything for them and take a little responsibility. If my kid if unconscious and foaming at the mouth, I'm driving them to the hospital with a quickness.
Because I'm not sure I can afford one.
People in this country need to quit relying on someone else to do everything for them and take a little responsibility. If my kid if unconscious and foaming at the mouth, I'm driving them to the hospital with a quickness.
This post was edited on 7/31/18 at 1:43 pm
Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:34 pm to crazytiger
Maybe they should ask for payment more so the taxpayers could save money
Posted on 7/31/18 at 1:36 pm to trom83
last i checked they dont do credit checks before transporting people to the hospital
mom wasnt going to pay the ambulance bill and refused the service, daughter dies as a result of not getting help fast enough, now mom wants to blame them for what "she" did and will get a lawyer trying to get rich off of killing her own daughter by her own neglect in the form of being too cheap to let them help her with emergency life saving care on the way to the hospital
mom wasnt going to pay the ambulance bill and refused the service, daughter dies as a result of not getting help fast enough, now mom wants to blame them for what "she" did and will get a lawyer trying to get rich off of killing her own daughter by her own neglect in the form of being too cheap to let them help her with emergency life saving care on the way to the hospital
This post was edited on 7/31/18 at 1:39 pm
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