Why did the cardiac arrest survival odds decrease in 2023? Dr. Jonathan Jui blames it on fentanyl. But is that really true? No, it's not, and now his office says that "the intention [of the statistics] is training not formal reporting". Whatever that means. Yet he refuses to change the standards, and
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He's digging his heels in.ambulance service is in a crisis because of standards that require two paramedics on each ambulance, rather than one paramedic and one less-trained emergency medical technician. Those critics, including the county’s ambulance provider, American Medical Response, say the staffing requirement has made it impossible to field as many ambulances as the Portland area needs, contributing to slow response times. During a cardiac arrest, rapid treatment is essential for survival.
Maxine Dexter won over Susheela Jayapal, but apparently her policies are not very different. Yeah, Oregonians are so fed up – they've decided to vote for another progressive.
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CNBC ridicules Americans who think we're in another recession. Fools. Don't they believe the manipulated numbers issued by the BLS? “America has the best economy in the world,” they quote Biden, without any commentary or rebuttal. Don't believe your lying eyes, America.
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Sign of the times. Seattle's Pacific Place mall sells for steep discount. Follow the money.
Biden cancels $7.7 billion in debt. One man shouldn't control this much money. Not only is this unfair, but it worsens inflation even more for everyone. All just for votes.
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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit brought by doctors and a basketball legend about "pandemic rules that restricted doctors from speaking out against “the mainstream COVID narrative". This should have gone on.
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And the Kaiser system is calling out for doctors who were fired due to vaccine requirements to come back and be re-hired. Looks like they're short on doctors now. I imagine other healthcare systems are short as well. Too bad.
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Looks like Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega-Pedersen has had enough of East Portland, and so has moved to the west side. Can't live with the consequences of her own policies.
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