Her attitude prevailed over doing her job.
Via NY Daily News
A Detroit EMT has been fired after she refused to go into a home to try and save an 8-month-old baby that ended up dying the next day.
Ann Marie Thomas was less than a mile away from the scene on the city’s west side, but never showed up because she was worried the baby’s family would get agitated at responding emergency medical technicians, WDIV-TV reported.
“I’m not about to be on no scene 10 minutes doing CPR, you know how these families get,” she told her boss, according to a report obtained by the news station.
Thomas was just a two-minute drive from the scene after responding to a nearby home. But it took her about six minutes to get close to baby Aniyah Wright and she then refused to go in until another crew arrived on scene, some 12 minutes later.
An EMS supervisor immediately reprimanded Thomas on the radio for her neglect of duty.
“Ma’am, you have to make contact with your patient,” the supervisor said during the May 30 incident. “There is nothing in the comments that states you have a hostile scene. You have to make contact with your patient!”
No EMT helped the distressed baby, who was born premature and spent time as an infant on a ventilator, until nearly 20 minutes after the first call.
The tiny child was revived at the hospital but died the next day, according to the WDIV.[…]
On Wednesday, Thomas attended an appeals hearing where her termination was upheld by city Fire Commissioner Edsel Jenkins. Thomas was pulled from duty immediately after the May 30 incident of insubordination. No criminal charges have been filed.
HT: BigGaySteve