A Scottish woman was left to give her dying husband CPR in the back of an ambulance after a medic 'could not do it'. Ambulance chiefs have since been told to apologise to the patient's grieving widow after Scotland's health watchdog upheld her complaint.
Labour's health spokeswoman Jackie Bailie described the incident as an "absolutely shocking and distressing case." She continued: “The time taken to convey this person to hospital may have cost them their life and urgent steps need to be taken to ensure this doesn’t happen again.”
The widow, who has not been identified, called for paramedics after her husband took ill at their home but it took a long time to arrive. In her complaint, she noted the fact that she was asked to carry out potentially life-saving CPR on her husband in the back of the ambulance. The ambulance technician reportedly offered her no assistance.
