A cancer halfway caregiver has been near quadriplegic aft her colleagues waited 7 minutes to commencement CPR erstwhile she suffered a cardiac arrest.
Andrea Morris was near successful the life-changing information aft falling sick during her displacement at City of Hope successful Upland.
But alternatively of starting thorax compressions, her boss, nursing supervisor Karen Serna, began filming her portion calling 911.
The haunting video shows Morris moaning successful symptom arsenic she struggled to respire arsenic Serna repeatedly and mistakenly tells the dispatcher Morris is suffering a seizure.
Her lawyers accidental that deficiency of enactment led to the formerly acceptable and progressive mom-of-three winding up successful a wheelchair for beingness and requiring 24/7 care.
A crab halfway caregiver has been near quadriplegic aft her colleagues waited 7 minutes to commencement CPR erstwhile she suffered a cardiac arrest
Andrea Morris (pictured with her kids) was near successful the life-changing information aft falling sick during her displacement astatine City of Hope successful Upland
Morris initially believed she was suffering with Covid-19 erstwhile she became unwell connected May 14, 2020
'There was a defibrillator precise adjacent by, oxygen precise adjacent by and they conscionable didn't react,' Morris' sister Pam Bertino told NBC Los Angeles.
'It's the biggest enigma of the full thing. She was dying, her lips turned bluish and past purple.
'It's truly scary to deliberation that your brag would instrumentality a videotape of you fundamentally going into cardiac apprehension and having agonal breathing alternatively of reacting and giving CPR.'
Morris was lone saved erstwhile her person and chap caregiver Alma Harris arrived connected the country 7 minutes aboriginal and began CPR.
'All wellness attraction workers should beryllium prepared for basal beingness support,' she said.
Morris suffered her exigency connected May 14, 2020, aft initially complaining to her brag symptoms she thought could beryllium Covid.
She is present seeking compensation to screen her extended aesculapian bills, which person inactive not been covered contempt selling her location to determination backmost successful with her parents and cashing successful her 401(k).
Her disablement is truthful terrible that she cannot instrumentality a sip of h2o unaided, with her yearly attraction measure topping $200,000.
Haunting video shows Morris moaning successful symptom arsenic she struggled to respire arsenic her brag repeatedly and mistakenly tells the dispatcher Morris is suffering a seizure
Her lawyers accidental that deficiency of enactment led to the formerly acceptable and progressive mom-of-three winding up successful a wheelchair for beingness and requiring 24/7 care. Pictured: Morris with her sister Pam Bertino
Bertino said her sister has mislaid her livelihood and consciousness of aforesaid since the incident
At an ongoing hearing, her lawyer Keith Moore asked Serna whether it was a 'missed opportunity' to prevention her which she denied.
'There were six antithetic chances she had to recognize, bash something, but she did nothing,' More said.
He added witnesser grounds shows determination were respective different aesculapian unit contiguous who besides failed to act.
Harris besides testified that she felt acrophobic to talk retired astir what happened and adjacent told the justice that a City of Hope lawyer had deed her seat to effort to soundlessness her.
Morris lone saw the video of her exigency for the archetypal clip astatine the hearing, she said it made her 'so sad.'
Her household person been near furious her compensation assertion was denied.
'There's this pistillate that was an athlete, she's mislaid her livelihood, she's mislaid herself arsenic she knew it,' Bertino said.
'This happened connected your watch, you cognize you person insurance. Please assistance this pistillate that helped your patients, that helped your business.'
Morris is present warring a workers' compensation assertion with City of Hope crab center
Her attraction costs astir $200,000 each twelvemonth and is required 24/7 since her injuries mean she cannot adjacent instrumentality a sip of h2o unaided
Her lawyers accidental that unit astatine the infirmary missed opportunities to assistance her by misidentifying her cardiac apprehension arsenic a seizure
Her household person since acceptable up a GoFundMe to assistance screen the spiraling aesculapian bills aft Morris sold her location and inactive was not capable to wage them
'We are profoundly saddened by the superior aesculapian lawsuit Ms. Morris suffered successful 2020, and our hearts spell retired to her and her family' City of Hope said successful a statement.
'The wellness and wellness of our employees and each those we service is City of Hope's apical priority, and we stay committed to maintaining a harmless enactment situation for our unit and objective teams. We cannot remark specifically connected this ongoing case.'
Morris' household person since acceptable up a GoFundMe to screen her aesculapian bills.
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