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Fainting Pregnant Employee

I am an assistant manager in an office. We currently have a pregnant employee who has passed out on a handful of occasions, and we have called paramedics. I was not present for these occurrences.

She has given us instructions to not call 911 and rather put ice packs on her give her a sugary drink and pull on her ears. I do not feel equipped to handle this but I had to do it today for the first time. It was quite scary and I’m still shaken up, along with the team lead who helped me.

I was told by my managers not to share her instructions with anyone as it would be giving health information. The document mentions no health condition only her requests. It’s just on a crappy word document that the employee wrote up herself. We do not have any doctors notes nor documentation of disability.

After witnessing the fainting, first hand, I shared the instructions with some team leads. This went against my bosses wishes. Supposedly there was a big meeting about not sharing health information so now I’m a little bit worried about that.

What I am more worried about is being liable for not calling 911 when a pregnant woman passes out. Our HR team is aware of all of this and says it’s fine. I don’t know where to start here. My bosses said that HR has told them her instructions are fine and we can accept them. I have not spoken to HR personally but tomorrow I am going to. Are we in the right here? Should I have not shared those instructions? What are some talking points for HR ? thank you.

EDIT: you’re all validating me. I feel stupid not calling 911 but also trapped because my employer is telling me not to.

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