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#1717193 - 07/05/12 03:32 PM
Lifeguard’s controversial firing under review
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#1717196 - 07/05/12 03:37 PM
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I'd love to save you sir, but you are just outside the line. If you can float closer, I can help.
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#1717197 - 07/05/12 03:37 PM
Re: Lifeguard’s controversial firing under review
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Pulling people out of the ditc...
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Saw this io the news today...and several other lifeguards have resigned in support. And the city said they expect everyone to be protected regardless of where on the beach they are. And the owner of the lifeguard company said they will review and if they made a decision in haste, they will reinstate him.
The said thinkg is if he hadn't done anything, he could and likely would have been held liable for not providing assistance...most states have a "trained responder" law on the books that requires them to provide assistance. Really a balck eye for the city and lifeguard company...
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#1717199 - 07/05/12 03:40 PM
Re: Lifeguard’s controversial firing under review
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"I was on stand, and guests came up to me and told me there was someone drowning, that people were screaming and so I started running in the direction," Lopez told NBC Miami. "I ran out to do the job I was trained to do—I didn't think about it at all." Good for him - a very admirable 21 year old!
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#1717209 - 07/05/12 03:57 PM
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Susan Ellis is an apparent rule oriented moron, at least based on the information in the story. Its not like the kid was out of his area trying to nail a bikini queen, he was rendering aid to a drowning swimmer for Pete's sake! I mean....really?!
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#1717211 - 07/05/12 03:59 PM
Re: Lifeguard’s controversial firing under review
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I'm wondering if Susan Ellis would feel the same if it were her kid out there.
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#1717219 - 07/05/12 04:05 PM
Re: Lifeguard’s controversial firing under review
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Pulling people out of the ditc...
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something tells me Susan Ellis got the job because Jeff Ellis is her dad, brother, or husband...and I bet the city is reviewing their contract with Jeff Ellis and looking how quickly they can terminate it...
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#1717263 - 07/05/12 05:05 PM
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"I was on stand, and guests came up to me and told me there was someone drowning, that people were screaming and so I started running in the direction," Lopez told NBC Miami. "I ran out to do the job I was trained to do—I didn't think about it at all." Good for him - a very admirable 21 year old! He can be your role model-maybe you could be that selfless when you hit 21.
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#1717303 - 07/05/12 05:46 PM
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Well, at least Faux got this story up in a timely fashion!
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#1717308 - 07/05/12 05:51 PM
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Due to legal liabilities, the company has a policy of firing any lifeguard who rescues someone outside their jurisdiction.
"We have liability issues and can't go out of the protected area," supervisor Susan Ellis initially told the Sun-Sentinel. "What he did was his own decision. He knew the company rules and did what he thought he needed to do."
Can someone point to the law that has different liabilities for section "A" and section "A" + 2 feet outside of section "A"
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#1717341 - 07/05/12 06:32 PM
Re: Lifeguard’s controversial firing under review
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I haven't read the story but I did hear on the radio that when he ran over there were already other lifeguards rescuing the person and he did not assist in the rescue. If that was the case and there was no one watching the area that he should have been watching, what kind of trouble would there have been if someone needed his assistance?
I admire that he wanted to help but if the other area was covered, should he have left his area uncovered to be part of the rescue?
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#1717357 - 07/05/12 06:47 PM
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Pulling people out of the ditc...
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louisiana passed a law that if a medically trained person is present and they don't assist then they are charged for not providing aid...
and I saw the interview with this young man, he said when he got there the guy had been pulled from the water and he and a nurse provided comfort and treatment until the paramedics arrived...didn't specify what the treatment was, other than to say he got him into a "(don't recall the medical name)position" to assist with breathing
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#1717366 - 07/05/12 06:51 PM
Re: Lifeguard’s controversial firing under review
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out of the frying pan...
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louisiana passed a law that if a medically trained person is present and they don't assist then they are charged for not providing aid...
and I saw the interview with this young man, he said when he got there the guy had been pulled from the water and he and a nurse provided comfort and treatment until the paramedics arrived...didn't specify what the treatment was, other than to say he got him into a "(don't recall the medical name)position" to assist with breathing I saw that interview this morning on TWC. He said he held the guy in "the recovery postition"...whatever that is.
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#1717369 - 07/05/12 06:53 PM
Re: Lifeguard’s controversial firing under review
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Pulling people out of the ditc...
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all i know is that the 1 summer I was a lifeguard, not 1 hot chick ever had issues and needed ressucitation...and all this guy did was run down a beach and turn someone on his side and he's all over the news...
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#1717374 - 07/05/12 06:58 PM
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turned his head so he wouldn't "choke" on anything he might have swallowed while drowning, if I had to guess.
Last edited by RR Joker; 07/05/12 06:59 PM.
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