'The death in Minnesota is just now emerging as one stressor on top of the many stressors of the pandemic,' said Martha Dawson, president of the National Black Nurses Association
Get push notifications with news, features and more.Several videos surfaced on social media this week showing nurses — still in their scrubs from working on the frontlines of COVID-19 — attending protests to treat those who required medical assistance.
In one clip, several nurses in Minneapolis, where Floyd was killed, were seen helping demonstrators who were hit with tear gas and rubber bullets. Hearing about the death of a black man at the hands of a white police officer was especially saddening for nurses of color, Martha Dawson, president of the National Black Nurses Association told “For nurses of color working on the frontlines, it’s disheartening to still realize that you’re living in a country where you’re under-appreciated and judged, first, on the color of your skin, rather than the content of your character,” she explained.
"In a hospital or clinic, when a person says ‘I can’t breathe’ they are immediately swarmed by medical professionals who triage the situation and treat them immediately. They work hard to save lives," the organization said. "In the case of George Floyd, Minneapolis Police took no care or life-saving measures. Instead, they left him pinned down to the ground until paramedics arrived. Police ignored the pleas of George Floyd and he died.
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