San Francisco Giants Parade: Case Study

On Friday, October 31, 2014, Janice Lewis woke up earlier to attend to the San Francisco Giants parade. Janice Lewis got at Market Street at Steuart street where the parade begins, just in time to get the best space where she could see the parade. As the time passed by, with just feel minutes for the pared to start, more people kept coming. Janice who was comfortable at her spot no longer could move, because there were so may people trying to see the parade as well. At Noon, when the parade started, the crowd got excited and began to push each other in order to get the best view to the players. Janice who was next to be street metal bars felted the crowd pushing her harder and harder. Janice fell on the top if the metal bar and the crowd stepping on her. Janice was crying and screaming for help. However, it was too loud and impossible for people to hear her. When the crowd finally stopped stepping on her, she was unconscious on the floor. Some of the people called the police that was at the parade to help Janice who was pass out on the floor. The police were able to clear the area little to make room for the ambulance to …show more content…
The doctors recommend that she stays at the hospital for a couple of days; they needed to supervise her concussion and also run some test on her to make sure she was okay. Janice, a resident of San Francisco who pays rent, was worried about how she would be paying rent if she is hospitalized. Janice, a single mother who works as a receptionist, needed to paycheck, so she can pay rent and provide for her daughter. Janice was upset that she would have to pay someone to take care of her daughter while she was away. The doctor told her that she would have to rest for two to tree months in order to recover. Janice has to take adequate pain pills so that she can continue to breathe deeply and avoid lung complications, such as