Chair Ariola details September 28 student stroke and delayed ambulance
Ariola describes a 14-year-old cardiac patient at St. Francis Preparatory who showed stroke symptoms on September 28; the nurse and parents called 911 multiple times starting at 8:47 a.m. She says no ambulance responded, and the mother eventually drove the child to the hospital without paramedics.
I want to talk about a specific incident that happened on Monday, September 28th.
A 14-year-old young man, student at St.
Francis Preparatory High School, started to show signs of a stroke almost immediately upon entering school.
He's slurring his words.
His right and left eye began to droop, his right eye and arm.
And leg became weak and unstable.
This student is a known cardiac patient.
The nurse immediately called 911.
The first call to 911 was made at 8.47 a.m.
The second call was made at 9.14 a.m.
And the third call was made at 9.22 a.m.
As the parents rushed to the school upon hearing that FDNY had not yet responded with an ambulance, the child's father called
911 also at 9.22 a.m.
Still no ambulance responded.
The mother arrived at the school at 9.22.
And calls were made.
When after five minutes, there was still no response, she took the child and rushed him to the hospital in her own car without a paramedic, without an EMT treating her severely ill child.
Why did the FDNY not respond to these frantic calls for help?