Exulansic Reacts to Dagny "Nex" Benedict Case

Was this child beaten to death in a bathroom for being non-binary? The truth seems a bit murkier.Show more

Disclaimer/Disclosure: This is my opinion as a lay person with some medical understanding. My relevant qualification here is that I have been through several CPR/First Aid trainings and am a licensed speech-language pathologist. We sometimes provide breath support training, which involves identifying respiratory effort and efficiency, and have education in the components of the respiratory mechanism. I have also been in this situation personally, where a teenager keeled over and went into decorticate posturing and agonal breathing, turning gray with rolled-back eyes. Because of my training, it took me a very short period of time to determine CPR was warranted. Once a life-sustaining pattern was restored, the child was able to maintain it, and so he survived the experience. I really cannot understand Grandma Sue’s choices. The benefit of the doubt says she is not baking with a full pan. The 911 operator should be held accountable, and the facility’s training procedures should be reviewed.