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01-09-2008, 06:29 PM
Dumb Dumb Dumb.
I smell a big law suite.
SAN ANTONIO -- A paramedic failed to check the pulse of a car-wreck victim who was presumed dead and left untreated before a medical examiner discovered she was breathing, officials said.
Erica N. Smith, 23, remained in the car's wreckage with a tarp over her body for more than an hour on Dec. 16 before she was taken to a San Antonio hospital. She died from her injuries the next day.
Paramedic Mike Gardner violated the Fire Department's operating procedures by judging Smith to be dead by looking at her and not checking her vital signs, officials said. Smith had suffered a severe head injury.
Full Story (http://www.ksat.com/news/15010345/detail.html)
I smell a big law suite.
SAN ANTONIO -- A paramedic failed to check the pulse of a car-wreck victim who was presumed dead and left untreated before a medical examiner discovered she was breathing, officials said.
Erica N. Smith, 23, remained in the car's wreckage with a tarp over her body for more than an hour on Dec. 16 before she was taken to a San Antonio hospital. She died from her injuries the next day.
Paramedic Mike Gardner violated the Fire Department's operating procedures by judging Smith to be dead by looking at her and not checking her vital signs, officials said. Smith had suffered a severe head injury.
Full Story (http://www.ksat.com/news/15010345/detail.html)