------------------ Caller: Yes sir, I need an ambulance as soon as possible, sir.
Dispatcher: OK, sir. Give us your address.
Caller: It’s 100 N. Carolwood Drive, Los Angeles, Calif., 90077
Dispatcher: You said Carolwood?
Caller: Carolwood Drive, yes.
Dispatcher: OK sir, what’s the phone number your calling from? (omitted)
Dispatcher: (inaudible) ... exactly what happened?
Caller: Uh, I have a, we have a gentleman here that needs help and he stopped breathing. He’s not breathing and we need to -- we’re trying to pump him but he’s not...
Dispatcher: OK, OK, how old is he?
Caller: He’s uh, 50 years old, sir.
Dispatcher: 50? OK. He’s unconscious? He’s not breathing?
Caller: Yes, he’s not breathing, sir.
Dispatcher: OK, and he’s not not conscious either?
Caller: He’s not conscious, sir.
Dispatcher: OK, all right. Do you have him, is he on the floor? Where is he at right now?
Caller: He’s on the bed sir, he’s on ...
Dispatcher: OK, let’s get him on the floor.
Caller: OK.
Dispatcher: OK, let’s get him down to the floor. I’m going to help you with CPR right now, OK?
Caller: We need ...
Dispatcher: We’re on our way there. We’re on our way. I’m going to do what I can to help you over the phone. We’re already on our way. Did anybody see him?
Caller: Yes, we have a personal doctor here with him sir.
Dispatcher: Oh, you have a doctor there?
Caller: Yes, but he’s not responding to anything. No, he’s not responding to CPR or anything.
Dispatcher: Oh, OK. Well, we’re on our way there. If your guy’s doing CPR, or instructed by a doctor he’s a higher authority than me and he’s there on scene. Did anybody witness what happened?
Caller: Uh, no, just the doctor sir. The doctor’s been the only one here.
Dispatcher: OK, so did the doctor see what happened?
Caller: Um, doctor did you see what happened? (inaudible) He’s just, um, if you can please ...
Dispatcher: We’re on our way. We’re on our way. I’m just passing these questions onto my, our paramedics. They’re on their way there, sir.
Caller: Thank you. He’s pumping. He’s pumping his chest, but he’s not responding to anything sir, please.
Dispatcher: OK, OK. We’re on our way. We’re less than a mile away. We’ll be there shortly.
Caller: Thank you, sir, thank you.
Dispatcher: OK sir, call us back if you need any help.
I thought this story was newsy and interesting from a variety of perspectives.
For one, note the drug called “old school”.
Also, in the 911 call it is evident the doctor was giving CPR on a bed. I think it widely known one should put the person on a firm surface. Another medical blunder?
The doctor, in the bedroom, with the syringe...
Why was his physician there in the first place?
That alone sounds a little odd.
If Jackson was having problems, that physician should have directed the family to call 911.
The odds of getting him back even on a witnessed full arrest is slim without a defribrillater and even then it rare
As another poster had commented - what kind of doctor leaves the victim on the bed while trying to do CPR?
A friend of mine (firefighter) said when they respond to a heart attack type thing they give CPR until the EMT’s arrive - even if they are sure the guy is dead. And the EMTs continue into the aid car.
I said “Oh, I suppose you never know if the guy is really “dead” or not”.
He replied “No - we just don’t want to have the guy’s family be there when we declare him dead.” I’m not sure if that was more for the family’s sake or the for the sake of the rescuers.
Paramedics do not normally "pronounce" a patient as dead. That is the physicians job.
Sounds like the doc waited too long to call EMT because he probably gave him something and it went bad. I am sure his health was pretty bad anyway from drugs, endless plastic surgery, skin bleeching, probably bad diet, etc etc.
The doctor probably gave him something which helped cause dthe heart attack and panicked and failed to call 911 immediately. The girl or assistant to Heath Ledger did the same thing.
How did MJ afford all of these personal assistants, personal doctors, handlers etc? He’s $500,000,000 in debt!!
The article said — Once they arrived at UCLA, we’re told Jackson’s doc continued to personally administer CPR — even though it was clear Jackson was already gone.
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Ummm... yeah... there was a yacht payment coming up. He couldn’t afford to lose a lucrative patient....
As an EMT, we weren’t allowed to call it at the scene. A doctor had to do it, even it it was very obvious.
Anybody notice this? Ever taken a CPR class? Here's your first sign of incompetence...well ok maybe that big shot of Demerol was the first sign.
I am sure a lot will come out about MJ’s drug addiction now. But it definitely seems like the “personal doctor” was not doing him any favors by being there to shoot him up whenever he needed another hit. This kind of “doctor” should lose his license and in this case may be up for murder. After all, an MD should KNOW what would be a deadly amount of Demerol for a patient he was literally living with or fawning over every day. Therefore he should be in big trouble, if the country he flew to (just a guess, just a guess) has extradition to the USA.
Yep, pretty much what I suspected. When I first heard the news about Michael being taken for cardiac arrest, I thought, that he probably was already gone for at least a few hours, and this was just for show.
So whatever happened to the Beatles Catalog?
Did Paul buy it back or will it be up for sale by the Jackson estate?
There are antidotes that exist for demerol. This doctor should have known that, especially since he was the likely prescriber and administrator in MJs case. Furthermore, he should have been carrying the antidote with him along with the demerol, as this type of event (breathing slowing down and finally stopping) is not an uncommon.
Frankly, if the doctor had told the EMT that he had administered the demerol that caused MJs breathing to cease, they may have had the antidote in the truck. However, I’m not sure how long you can wait before administering the antidote. But it is effective and usually snaps the patient right out of the adverse reaction to the demerol. Though I assume the patient has to be alive for it to work.
I’m having a hard time seeing how this doc can avoid criminal charges. Hence the reason no one can find him right now. Also, if the EMTs knew MJ to be dead when they arrived, suffice to say, he was already dead before any medical help arrived, and they weren’t going to bring him back.
You know, I really wouldn’t be surprised if this “death” is a hoax staged by Michael Jackson himself.
Caller: Yes, he’s not breathing, sir.
Dispatcher: OK, and he’s not not conscious either?
Uhhhhhhhhhh...