cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/97566

“They’re clearly not familiar with the AED and how it works. Anybody who works in public service, especially federal employees, is required by law to be current in CPR training once a year, which includes the use of an AED. One officer had to stop doing compressions to be able to show them how to open the AED up to the correct side. He should have never stopped compressions on her chest to be able to stop and be able to show them how to use the AED properly,” she said. “I understand there’s a sense of panic. The fact is, they are not familiar with CPR. The fact is, they did not know what they were doing. They have not been trained. They should have been doing rescue breaths the whole time.”

“The Ambu bag, they can’t open it. Had they been taught CPR, they’d know how to open it. Between the mask placement, not being able to use the Ambu bag properly, hand placement for chest compressions, and inconsistent chest compressions, It’s just gross negligence. These officers — I don’t know who signed off on their training. The first AED machine looked like it wasn’t working. The second one they really didn’t utilize. So at this point, it’s just you know, it’s unfortunate.

“This is negligent homicide. Who signed off on their CPR training? Who put these officers on duty not knowing what the qualifications of their training are and then place them in a situation where they didn’t know what they were doing? Somebody may or may not have died because of their lack of experience and or training. God forbid, this was a car crash and these officers perform that the way and that person died because of their inability to perform CPR. The same applies in this situation, protester or not.”