Qwasie Reid
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IMPORTANT NOTE:
This fund is not for me. I read this story and thought it was crazy that this EMT would be suspended without pay by his company, for helping a choking 7-year old girl. I thought it would be nice if we could recognize his efforts and could cover some of his lost pay.
STORY (Fox News)
A heroic New York EMT who tried in vain last week to save a 7-year-old school girl choking on her lunch said he was suspended because it is against company policy to make a stop without being called.
Qwasi Reid, who works for Assist Ambulance, was transporting a nursing home patient last Wednesday with his partner when he said they were flagged down at a red light by a frantic man who told them that a student was choking. Reid said his partner, who was not reprimanded by the company, told the man they already had a patient and there was nothing they could do.
Reid, who has driven ambulances for four years, said he knew the choking girl took a priority over the transport, and against his partner's urging, jumped out of the ambulance's back door and administered first aid to the girl, who he said had already turned blue. No one at the school was rendering first aid, he said...
This fund is not for me. I read this story and thought it was crazy that this EMT would be suspended without pay by his company, for helping a choking 7-year old girl. I thought it would be nice if we could recognize his efforts and could cover some of his lost pay.
STORY (Fox News)
A heroic New York EMT who tried in vain last week to save a 7-year-old school girl choking on her lunch said he was suspended because it is against company policy to make a stop without being called.
Qwasi Reid, who works for Assist Ambulance, was transporting a nursing home patient last Wednesday with his partner when he said they were flagged down at a red light by a frantic man who told them that a student was choking. Reid said his partner, who was not reprimanded by the company, told the man they already had a patient and there was nothing they could do.
Reid, who has driven ambulances for four years, said he knew the choking girl took a priority over the transport, and against his partner's urging, jumped out of the ambulance's back door and administered first aid to the girl, who he said had already turned blue. No one at the school was rendering first aid, he said...
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Aaron Siebuhr
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Brooklyn, NY
Qwasie Reid
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