'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim

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'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim

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07-29-2015, 07:22 PM

Quote:Dispatchers are trained to handle such difficult calls. The caller, who was a 17 year old girl, was understandably frustrated when asked if her friend was breathing a second time. Every human has a breaking point, and for that 17 year old girl it was her friend getting shot, and not knowing what to do, and the 911 operator not giving her any instructions.

The dispatcher did at least send an ambulance, but he should have stayed on the line and given her instructions and helped keep her calm rather than being "I'm not going to deal with this" Really? That's your job.

How many calls similar to this has the dispatcher been on? As you stated, every human has a breaking point, is it not possible that the dispatcher reached his?

There are 10 kinds of people in this world. Those who understand binary and those who don't.

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'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by The Drifter - 07-29-2015, 08:38 AM

'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by TJBender - 07-29-2015, 12:59 PM

'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by EricC85 - 07-29-2015, 03:30 PM

'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by TJBender - 07-29-2015, 03:47 PM

'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by jagibelieve - 07-29-2015, 06:19 PM

'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by TJBender - 07-29-2015, 06:23 PM

'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by Senor Fantastico - 07-29-2015, 06:42 PM

'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by jagibelieve - 07-29-2015, 06:44 PM

'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by TJBender - 07-29-2015, 06:49 PM

'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by The Eleventh Doctor - 07-29-2015, 07:06 PM

'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by jagibelieve - 07-29-2015, 07:17 PM

'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by jagibelieve - 07-29-2015, 07:22 PM

'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by TJBender - 07-29-2015, 07:37 PM

'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by rollerjag - 07-29-2015, 09:37 PM

'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by Bchbunnie4 - 07-30-2015, 12:03 AM

'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by Dark Passenger - 07-30-2015, 11:45 AM

'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by jagibelieve - 07-30-2015, 02:53 PM

'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by Minorcan - 07-30-2015, 05:03 PM

'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by jagibelieve - 07-30-2015, 05:22 PM

'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by Senor Fantastico - 07-30-2015, 05:33 PM

'Deal with it yourself': Dispatcher hung up on woman giving first aid to shooting victim - by Senor Fantastico - 07-30-2015, 05:36 PM

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