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KC

On 12/4/2014 11:42 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:15:19 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

CNN ran a long video a little while ago that recorded the aftermath of
the take down of Garner and the activities of the EMT personnel and
movement of him to an ambulance.

The video showed the EMT checking him for a pulse. It's not clear what
she said but it appears she indicated he had a pulse.

As they loaded him on a gurney for transport a bystander asked one of
the cops why they didn't perform CPR. The cop answered that Garner was
breathing.

If this is all true, it sorta changes the whole story about the cop
choking him to death.

I think there is an echo in here ;-)
The talking heads at CNN are still saying they choked this guy to
death even after their FBI guy said it was not a choke hold and they
had a reference to the ME report saying his wind pipe was not damaged.
I think it was just the stress of the struggle that locked up his
heart.. I can understand that he *might* have survived if they
immediately sat him up and removed the cuffs, maybe cuffing him in
front but that is not procedure.

I was surprised that the EMTs did not get him on an oxygen push right
away. The EMTs in this case were probably not licensed to administer
meds.
Maybe the quality of the EMTs need to be looked at too.

Judy says that oxygen bag is SOP when our EMS shows up on the golf
course. I guess they assume heart attack right away.
She also has those zapper machines and most of the people on the staff
are trained to use them, certainly all of the starters and rangers.
The rangers carry them in their carts.

Another thing nobody is talking about is these cops might have seen this
act from this guy before. Apparently some of them knew him well, he had
been arrested 31 times up until that night...