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‘I was yelling my dad wasn’t dead!’: Woman’s father found breathing after Clearwater medics pronounced him dead (Florida)
WFLA News Channel 8 ^ | February 21, 2023 | Melissa Marino

Posted on 03/04/2023 5:57:23 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — Two paramedics with the Clearwater Fire & Rescue Department were suspended after a man they pronounced dead last week was found to be breathing.

The agency said two medics from Station 47 responded to a home in an unincorporated area of Pinellas County Wednesday morning after Thomas Maxwell reportedly suffered cardiac arrest.

“His lips were blue and he was cold but I was doing CPR, and my friend was there and she was doing chest compressions,” said his daughter, Phebe Maxwell told WFLA. “His chest was going up and down and he was making noises, so his lungs were working.”

When the medics arrived, Phebe said they quickly checked her dad’s wrist for a pulse and told them he was gone.

“I’m like ‘He’s still breathing!'” Phebe recalled. “He’s like ‘No ma’am, he’s gone, those are just his body releasing gases.'”

After the medics left, a Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office deputy went to the home to investigate Maxwell’s “death” and noticed he was still breathing.

Largo Fire Rescue crews were then called to the home and Maxwell was rushed to the hospital.

“Upon notification of this incident, we immediately removed both fire medics from their normal duties and discontinued their abilities to provide patient care, in conjunction with the county’s medical director,” Clearwater Fire Chief Scott Ehlers said in a statement to News Channel 8.

The two medics who initially responded to the call were placed on administrative duty and were clinically suspended by the Pinellas County EMS Medical Director’s Office. Both the medical director’s office and Clearwater Fire & Rescue are looking into the incident.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Health/Medicine; Local News; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: clearwater; fireandrescue; florida; floridaman; largo; paramedics; pinellascounty; suspension
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1 posted on 03/04/2023 5:57:23 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The genocide is moving beyond the clot shots.


2 posted on 03/04/2023 5:58:24 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

3 posted on 03/04/2023 6:00:32 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Something is not right here.

How do two medics get it this wrong?


4 posted on 03/04/2023 6:02:45 PM PST by jeffersondem
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Gage and De Soto never screwed up like that.


5 posted on 03/04/2023 6:02:50 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“Well excuuuuuuse me!”


6 posted on 03/04/2023 6:03:32 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

EMS had to transport the fakers in the hood, I ounce told an ambulance crew that they had to transport a lady that was obviously faking because the fire department were the only people in the room not carrying guns.


7 posted on 03/04/2023 6:11:28 PM PST by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
“I’m like ‘He’s still breathing!'” Phebe recalled.

"Sorry, ma'am, we're playing by Canadian rules tonight."

8 posted on 03/04/2023 6:11:37 PM PST by TChad (Progressives are in favor of removing healthy sex organs from children. Conservatives oppose this.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Chet would never let them live it down.


9 posted on 03/04/2023 6:33:40 PM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: jeffersondem
Not the first time this has happened.
10 posted on 03/04/2023 6:40:22 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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To: Colt1851Navy

I don’t get it.


11 posted on 03/04/2023 6:51:04 PM PST by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Monte Python got it right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdf5EXo6I68


12 posted on 03/04/2023 6:52:07 PM PST by Senormechanico
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

One wonders what the standards were for those two to become paramedics - and the screening process, if there even was one.


13 posted on 03/04/2023 6:52:14 PM PST by simpson96
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To: wally_bert

:)


14 posted on 03/04/2023 6:53:09 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Sue them back to the stone age, Phebe.

15 posted on 03/04/2023 6:53:32 PM PST by simpson96
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To: BenLurkin

😆


16 posted on 03/04/2023 7:19:56 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Senormechanico
I am so old that I can remember when that was satire.

BTW the wrist is a really bad place to check for a pulse in this type of situation because any number of things can block blood flow to limbs

Neck is best. Temple is good. Apical is good. Groin works but can lead to some misunderstandings.

All the rest are limb pulses and not to be trusted for a sign of life check.

17 posted on 03/04/2023 7:24:05 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

If you watch any of Hollywood’s “first responder” TV shows you’ll see that the young kids have a lot more going through their minds than doing their “first responder” stuff. They all have gay pardners to worry about.


18 posted on 03/04/2023 7:48:54 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("I may be a white boy but I'm not stupid". - FJB at Black "History" event. Tell 'em Jo Jo!)
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To: Senormechanico
Good one from "Life of Brian" but they had a better one:

Monty

"The Meaning of Life: Live Organ Transplants"

(WARNING - Gruesome vivisection, uplifting Galaxy Song)

19 posted on 03/04/2023 8:23:54 PM PST by MikelTackNailer (Fortunately despite aging I've been spared the ravages of maturity.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; DFG; Darksheare; Pete from Shawnee Mission; Red Badger; nickcarraway
Vivisepulture Ping

No, not quite dead and in the mortuary or grave, but close enough.

If anyone wants on the list PM me! If you were accidentally added to this short, almost moribund list PM to remove.

20 posted on 03/04/2023 9:03:52 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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