Brickbat: Trust Us. He's Not Breathing

Two Clearwater, Florida, paramedics, who weren't named by media, have been suspended after pronouncing a man dead when he wasn't actually dead. Phebe Maxwell called for help when her father went into cardiac arrest. When the paramedics arrived, they took his pulse and pronounced him dead even as Phebe pointed out he was still breathing. The paramedics insisted that it was just gases escaping the body and left. A sheriff's deputy who arrived to investigate the death noticed the man was still breathing and called for EMTs. This time, EMTs from Largo responded and rushed the man to the hospital.

Comments

[TJJ2000]

Wonder if they'll be written up for their carelessness?

[Adans smith]

I think it's time for a career change. With their attitude, maybe the DMV ?

[mad.casual]

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[InsaneTrollLogic]

WTF? Did Gage and DeSoto want to get back to the game or something quickly?

[Fist of Etiquette]

He was going to be a drain on the system anyway. I ask you which EMT's were the efficient ones?

[Crackers Boy]

Phebe Maxwell: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it!

EMT: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting.

Phebe Maxwell: Look, matey, I know a dead man when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.

EMT: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable man, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful shirt!

Hat tip to Monty Python.

CB

[Inigo Montoya]

He wasn’t dead. He was pining for the fjords.

[InsaneTrollLogic]

'Ere, he says he's not dead.

[Its_Not_Inevitable]

"He's only mostly dead. There's a difference between mostly dead and completely dead."

[Longtobefree]

The man identified as alive.
The (first) EMT deadnamed him?

[Dillinger]

"I feel happy!"

[BillyG]

The paramedics were correct. He was dead. It just so happens that he was only MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do.

[The Margrave of Azilia]

"suspended"

Does that mean "not fired"?

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[jimc5499]

I don't know about Florida, but Pennsylvania requires a Doctor to pronounce death.

[Wizard4169]

I doubt this qualifies as an official pronouncement of death, but if the paramedics don't bother to treat him, he might very well be dead by the time a doctor gets to him.