It is my policy not to do CPR either. This is also our cleaning lady’s policy. I am sure most shops do not make provision for offering CPR to customers who should R”L have trouble breathing. Yet, we would try our best, if no medical professional is on the scene. Even if we are willing to admit someone has a reason to stand by and do nothing (maybe they are afraid of having problems on the job, maybe they are indeed unable, such as a person on a wheelchair) I don’t see any justification for not asking if anyone else is willing to do. If this nurse is brought to court, she will be ripped in pieces, because it can be argued (even moreso because of her medical training) she recognized CPR would be beneficial to the patient and called EMT. If there is DNR or something equivalent, resuscitation amounts to assault; but this is not what happened.
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