Video: Man In A Care Facility Went Into Cardiac Arrest And Died After Paramedics Refused To Enter The Building Due To Covid

When the police officer entered a room at a southern California care facility last month, he found a panicked nurse performing chest compressions on a patient, body-camera footage shows. The patient was in cardiac arrest, and the staff did not have the proper equipment to help, according to a police report. But just outside the entrance of the building stood paramedics equipped with possible lifesaving tools. They had refused to cross the threshold, claiming it was against state covid rules, according to the report. Though the paramedics did not specifically state the restriction they were referring to, KTTV reported that