911 call from Michael Jackson’s home. The view from the tourist bus. More on treatment by EMS.
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Watch video shot from tourist bus in front of Michael Jackson’s home (via TMZ.com)
More details on EMS response from JEMS.com/FirefighterNation (check out the discussion on the now widely distributed photo of Michael Jackson snapped through the window of the ambulance)
STATter911.com previous coverage here and here
I had mentioned this morning that, to me, one of the most bizarre moments of the video from Michael Jackson’s home was the chopped top Hollywood tour van passing by Engine 71 as Paramedic Rescue Ambulance 71 was leaving. Now TMZ.com has that video.
The celebrity website was also first with the 911 call.
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JEMS.com talked with Marc Eckstein, MD, MPH, FACEP, Medical Director of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Here is an excerpt:
“LAFD members immediately took over CPR and intiated both basic and advanced life support interventions,” Eckstein continued. “They aggressively attempted resuscitation on scene for approximately 30 minutes, and after consultation with on-line medical control at the UCLA base station, they continued resuscitative efforts during the short transport to the UCLA emergency department. There was no change in the patient’s status during his prehospital course.”
TMZ.com is reporting other details, indicating that the paramedics did what some have referred to in our comments section as a “PR protocol”:
When EMTs arrived there was evidence someone had been performing CPR on Michael for “quite some time.” There was evidence of Lidocaine — an old-school drug that can be used to treat disturbances in the heart’s rhythm. Medics took over performing CPR but determined Jackson was lifeless — and wanted to call the coroner to pick up the body.We’re told Jackson was flat-lined when EMTs arrived. But our sources say M.J.’s doc demanded EMTs continue performing CPR anyway, and demanded that they take Michael to the hospital.
