If you can stand it, listen to this audio of a Florida woman begging for her life while hospital

[pnwmom]

and police personnel insist that she’s fine and disconnect her from oxygen and eject her from her hospital room. The hospital discharges Barbara Dawson even though she refuses to leave and she has symptoms of the blood clot that was found upon autopsy – pain, shortness of breath, and anxiety. They never did a lung scan that could have spotted a blood clot. And when she collapses in the parking lot, they spend 18 minutes telling her to get up before a doctor finally examines her and sends her into a hospital for CPR.

In the audio, when she collapses by the police car and the officer tells her to stand up, you can hear female voices saying, “She’s sick. She’s not okay. She’s got a lot of health problems.” But the officer continues to tell her that she’s fine. He thinks she’s faking because he believes the hospital. But 18 minutes later, when a doctor finally examines her, she has a pulse of 7 beats per minute – and he instantly sends her into the ER for CPR.

AUDIO/VIDEO HERE:

http://www.healthline.com/health/pulmonary-embolus#Causes2

• The most common symptom of a pulmonary embolism is shortness of breath. This may be gradual or sudden.
• Other symptoms of a pulmonary embolism include:
• anxiety
• clammy or bluish skin
• chest pain that may extend into your arm, jaw, neck, and shoulder
• fainting
• irregular heartbeat
• lightheadedness
• rapid breathing
• rapid heartbeat
• restlessness
• spitting up blood
• weak pulse

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Horrible and inexcusable. I hope her family sues the pants off EVERYONE involved.

Except not the doctor who finally figured out what the matter was---too late.

[pnwmom]

2. It's a small town hospital. They often can afford to carry only a small amount

of liability insurance and have very few assets.

So I'm doubtful . . . .

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. OK, I grant you that.

They should have transported her immediately to someplace where she would have gotten the appropriate care.

[pnwmom]

5. Time was of the essence. I think as soon as she collapsed they should have

gotten a doctor outside, who probably would have had her brought back in on the stretcher. Starting CPR then instead of 18 minutes later could have made the difference. Or if she wasn't in dire straits yet, they could have scanned her lungs and started her on treatment for her embolism. That's the kind of condition a small hospital should be capable of diagnosing.

[DawgHouse]

3. Poor Barbara. This is criminal.

[herding cats]

6. A kick for visibility

This breaks my heart.