Paramedic arriving on scene says he "didn't see breathing or movement" at a distance from Floyd

[@gracieminnick5831]

All I can tell from all these professional witnesses is the sad lost look in their eyes from witnessing this event. In the mental health field we call that “burn out” . All these people experiences an extreme trauma thanks to these officers.

[@JMag1]

As an EMT with 7 years experience in the field, I can say that kneeling on someone's neck for 9 minutes is what most likely killed him, not fentanyl. When opiods like fentanyl cause an overdose the patient won't have dilated pupils, they will have pinpoint pupils, which is a finding that indicates an overdose, and we would then administer Narcan to hopefully reverse the effects of the drugs in the patients system. So if you're saying that Mr. Floyd was just some drug addict who died of an overdose, then you don't know what you're talking about.

[@MrTee12]

Just Googled this info...Bingo! The medical facts > biased assumptions/desired outcomes

[@dragonflyz7211]

Yes I agree with you 💯. The EMTs got a non emergency level code at first. Which indicates the officer who called it in (Chauvin) didn't want George to live or cared. They had a prior history together as security guards. Nobody knows this information. But yes, this medical observation you make is correct.

[@MrTee12]

@@dragonflyz7211 The info is out there. The former owner of the Latin nightclub spoke about this last year. I haven't heard much about it since. I wonder if any other this comes out in court.

[@k4yser]

He kneeled on his back. You seem to be unaware of the new camera angles which have been released, you can see Chauvin kneeling on his upper back/,shoulder.

[@dragonflyz7211]

@@k4yser actually, a second officer was on his back kneeling on it while Chauvin was on George's neck. A third officer was also holding his legs down.

[@dandanfree2925]

He was dead after 6 minutes and still not let anyone to help him.Those cops at the scene ARE A DISGRACE TO HUMANITY.

[@kelliestes502]

I hope those cops are charged an we are brought to Justice. An I really hope that those police officers are no longer police officers anymore. It makes me very uncomfortable to imagine them arriving to any other scene they would be called to in the future if they remained police officers after us witnessing this traumatic tragedy.

[@caterinascarcella]

Agreed

[@bolocabrera7358]

Human savage......disgusting

[@juansanchez209]

The amount of people who are still defending Derick Chauvin is disgusting.

[@jwallguitar]

Wow! Who is defending him?

[@timstarkes173]

@Gabriel Gastelum fentanyl weakened him. But leaning on someone's neck for 10 minutes is still criminally excessive use of force. Hopefully he gets jail time.

[@fadenmac8092]

Who cares what they think. Only the jury is relevant.

[@halofreak41]

@Gabriel Gastelum People like you are far from sane, I think the word you're looking for is insane.

[@Cris-hk4cn]

Every one has a right to their opinion. Look in the mirror for disgusting.

[@williambuckman8359]

As a firefighter emt I find it alarming the avg person doesn’t know what our job is! I encourage most of you to go and spend time at a fire station ask questions and look at our equipment you guys pay for it and it’s your right!

[@stretch5832]

OK...so the Defense team can tell the paramedics they’re not qualified to say George Floyd is dead. But the 19 year old store clerk is qualified to say “Floyd appears under the influence.” Help me out here 🤔🤔🤔

[@autoscrollclips]

Thing is even if they say "paramedics cant say he's dead" they're wrong. You get taught this and advanced life support such as paramedics are the ones who declare someone dead on scene. Anyways, whether they say they cant claim he was dead, they still did the appropriate amount of care for this situation soooo idk

[@brendaedgehill7761]

Exactly

[@maryalston3884]

🤔🤔🤔

[@jamesharkin6431]

I have had to perform CPR on a "patient" before (who was clearly dead upon arrival) before removing inconsolable family members from the room as a firefighter and EMT to help ease the situation.

[@peter4210]

@@jamesharkin6431 very common i think. my grandfather found his wife on the floor in the bathroom and it could have been more then an hour before he found her there, my father rushed to the scene, called the paramedics and his sisters had time to show up, and they still asked the paramedics to try and resuscitate her and the poor guys did it for a while because of every one crying and stressing them but even me and my mother who stayed home knew she was gone. A lot of people don't seem to realize how harmful to the brain no oxygen for a long period can be, I would prefer staying dead if i was revived with brain damage. At some point you got to let people go and my mother told me the same thing.

[@annawalsh8880]

The paramedics are not to blame they were probably trying to get George away from the cops and were scared what would happen next.

[@esthermensah5346]

Hi Anna Walsh. Why should they be scared if the public bystanders could see they were making an attempt to revive Floyd? The EMs officers always carry an emergency box with them to provide first assisted respiration before thinking of moving the patient. It did not happen in Floyd's case, for reason perhaps, they took the view, he was dead, but that is the decision of the ER doctor to make on arrival at the hospital, having been provided with the history of what had happened.

[@cclovnme]

That's exactly what I'm thinking. They probably knew they would meet resistance if they started working on the street.

[@esthermensah5346]

@@cclovnme Hi Catherine raby. I have already made the point there was no reason for the EMS officers to have been scared. The work they deal with toughens them. They did not act properly in this situation where there was serious urgency. Having said this, I do not think that, had they conformed to protocol, that Floyd's life would have been saved because he did suffer from 'a brain injury' as was submitted by one of the specialist doctors. I was not surprised to have heard that. Floyd's head looked congested with blood as I saw it on the day, when he took his last breath. I was not expecting that. So, so sad! May his soul rest in peace.

[@tb8651]

@@esthermensah5346 First off, What are you talking about? ER officers? What is an ER Officer? A Doctor, Med Tech, RN? Where are you from? Second what is your base of knowledge to made a judgement on their actions? Have you ever been on scene of a cardiac arrest? Have you ever been on scene with the police before-during-or-after a confrontation with a perp? Have you ever been on scene with a large crowd? Well I have and I'm not going to sit here and say what they did is wrong. These EMS professionals did what they felt was right for their safety and for their patients safety. They followed protocols that are established by Doctors and EMS professionals with decades of knowledge and experience. They are no on trial nor do they deserve to be. These men were handed a terrible situation and did the best they could with it.

[@esthermensah5346]

@@cclovnme Hi Catherine. I am not sure what sort of resistance do you believe the EMT officers would have encountered, had they commenced resuscitating Floyd on the scene, with the Police officers still present? None, in my opinion. I believe that they moved Floyd believing he was too far gone to have been of any use. The way Floyd was moved may support this contention of mine.

[@darse6271]

As an EMT volunteer worker for a day ! I realize EMT have no power over nothing !! That’s why he didn’t get the officer off him until he said quietly ummm excuse me ...

[@reneerenee9774]

3 min, 3 min is all it takes for your body to shut down while being put in a restraint. He was restrained for 9 1/2. The Police should know this!!

[@Berdymadafakas]

He's also gonna get off lol. Have fun in the riots in your democratic cities. Don't come to the country though or you'll get got too.

[@NotLikeUs17]

And they should of administered CPR since they are required to be BLS certified at the bare minimum.

[@danieljones317]

They DO know that, and they use it to their advantage. Dead men tell no tales, remember?

[@NotLikeUs17]

@Ancient Dolphin Tofu Almond Man from the 70s you do realize that an opioid overdose occurs a lot faster than an hour and thirty minutes right? I had a woman OD off a transdermal fentanyl patch in less than 15min. George would of never made it to murdered if he had OD, trust that.

[@waitaminute2015]

@@NotLikeUs17 exactly! Saying he overdosed is ridiculous. Did he take a lethal dose and then go to a convenient store? C'mon

[@pourladentelle]

Sometimes when I pray for even just 2 minutes, my knees start to get agitated and I feel the need to rush the prayer and get right up. I couldn't imagine kneeling on someone's neck for 9min and 29sec w/out feeling like, wow this is effing long!!

[@GeOsmomGina]

I can't even kneel in Church without being in pain. I have to put my coat under my knees inorder to do so. This POS Chauvin, used George Floyd, as a Cushing.

[@marywilliams7648]

Same here, I does have to get up and sit on my bed and finish my Prayer, although I kneel on a cushion or my pillow, my pillow and still can't stay long in that position

[@Dr.Dre3000]

I just wanna say if somebody at a distance can see that a man isnt breathing an is unresponsive. Then the excuse that the pig couldnt tell is absolute bs

[@Debberdoon]

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[@Xenotypic]

COULD IT BE, that the person who said they couldn't see him breathing was full of bs? you can't see whether or not someone is breathing from a distance, especially if its suppressed breathing and if there's a bunch of commotion all around.

[@DrNadineCollins]

I concur

[@janetdotson7829]

@@Xenotypic it could be, because it was , that he was already dead.

[@michaelgardner2088]

No attempt to resussitate him or even check him. When does that never happen?

[@ericpaulthompson1386]

When your skin is of darker shade

[@Keybarb777]

When they know the patient is already dead😭😭

[@shanemcgrath2809]

@Blackredneck it is not uncommon for a cop to have numerous complaints because most of them are nonsense.

[@michaelgardner2088]

@@Keybarb777 surely its protocol to at least check his pulse?

[@esthermensah5346]

@@Keybarb777 Hi Key Barb. The ER officers cannot declare Floyd was dead even if it was the case. All they had to do was to keep him breathing, his heart working through CPR; free of acidosis, with an intravenous drip in place so that his veins do not collapse. The officers hardly, could not recollect what they did. That was impressive?

[@Charmelllee]

The first paramedic acted like he was afraid to look in Chavin direction.

[@julesrandolph7910]

PTSD

[@shiningstaraquarius3869]

@@julesrandolph7910 ..yeah right more like sorry he has to tell the truth ..its on video he was already dead

[@dianerichards5135]

Chauvins assiduous note taking was directly an intimidation technique towards witnesses to make them doubt or redact their testimony.

[@katyobrien3773]

Most could not look at Chauvin. He is a disgrace to a lot of these people's profession. PTSD as well, yes.

[@jennydonnelly4436]

Why at this point didnt they start CPR straight away...???? None of them did,they taken so much time taken them to the ambulance...dont add up...it take one person to do CPR...God this is Ssoo bad?????.. And at what point did the officers get off him...?????

[@MaketheMusicFasion]

Bro you can tell everybody is so heartbroken.. so happy Justice was Served

[@nathalia1588]

Yeah you right justice was served ,his family and us lost him for ever, and the big red dog is still alive,.

[@iiAmStarFire_]

How can the paramedics see that he wasn’t responsive right when arriving but the cops couldn’t see how lifeless he was???

[@rosliabdrahman7289]

This guy is slow and steady medical officer... he dont care if you died or not..i love your slow motion effect..

[@AshMc1970]

With all due respect to this Prosecutor, she doesn’t seem to be ready to take on such an IMPORTANT, high profile case.I couldn’t help but get aggravated listening to her stumble with her questions, hoping she would get it together.

[@christiefoley3785]

agreed i feel like asking her for a list of her questions so i can read them off myself

[@tybaldwin5985]

I know right! Her questioning sucks! Why not ask if they had to tell the officer to move off of Mr Floyd! SMDH

[@caridennis3171]

Right! What the h@ll man? I noticed that when she questioned the other paramedic. Let her cut her teeth on a less important case, let her try shoplifting or something, this is ridiculous. She doesn’t ever seem sure of her questions even though it appears they’re written down

[@naunuhmannersfrancis2099]

I so agreeeeeeee with you.....I find your lines of questioning to very excruciatingly annoying

[@esthermensah5346]

Hi Mick Mc Coy I totally agree with you. She did not ask pertinent questions to unravel what treatment was administered to Floyd once in the Ambulance. If they expected assistance from the Fire Brigade, in resuscitation, then they were possibly new on the job. Mind you, the call for help by the Police officer(whoever that was) gave the wrong information : "Mouth injury" would not require that much specialist presence & they may have sent junior officers. I did not get the point in Court as to how long they have been in the job. That was crucial. One does not send newly qualified officers on a highly serious cases without support. It seems to me that they lacked confidence, hence, the way they handled the situation. I got that from the way they responded to the questions in Court : slow & incoherent.

[@sammyboogoeslive9467]

TOTOL BULLDHIT HE WANTED TO WAIT FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT....WHY IS HE A MEDIC? NEEDS ASSISTANCE MY ARSE...THOSE TWO MEDICS TREATED THAT MAN IS IF HE WAS NOT DEAD...THEY TOOK THEIR TIME AND IT WAS IN A NO HURRY MANNER OF CONCERN. THE POLICE SHOULD HAVE GOT THOSE HAND CUFFS OF HIM AND THOSE MEDICS SHOULD HAVE STARTED CPR AT THE SCENE NOT MOVE HIM!!!! wasted time

[@shiningstaraquarius3869]

Exactly they murdered him and the EMTs gave Zero F

[@theacme3]

i think you miss the point of the questions. She asks him if fire can help because there was a firefighter off duty on the scene yelling at the police that she can help. Basically saying, if they would have liked to get that help, the police must have known as well that she can help. I really would have liked to hear a question like "if someone gets "out" right in front of you, would you have acted exactly the same way as you did?" followed by "did the police give you the impression this person was already dead, so no need to rush?"

[@palapalak.8907]

I definitely believe that too! CPR asap

[@athenoullathodure1355]

They could c he was already dead they had said so

[@lamarherring7792]

Quite interesting if not telling, that this guy being questioned doesn't want to say that he saw the knee on the neck of Floyd when in fact the 9 year old witness stated clearly that she saw the paramedics fist ask the officer nicely to get off of his neck and the officer refused to do so. When the child was asked what happened next, she stated that the paramedics had to pull the officer off of Floyd. What is this wall of silence when it comes to protecting someone in the department of guilt/wrongdoing???

[@marywilliams7648]

Hope that child got enough counseling, that is something that will be etched in that child mind like forever, may God help them all

[@athenoullathodure1355]

Yes that wall off silence is meant to keep us quiet as well and in one way or another if we don't We ate market as a number market for life and treated with hostility throughout the system

[@athenoullathodure1355]

@@marywilliams7648 Definitely will have a impact for the rest of her life, but a wise girl I'd like to believe it would be a positive and give her the strength,confidence and ability to see the world with eyes wide open and give her guidance to speak out and not suppress her feelings thoughts opinions as society wishes we would all do

[@kirstiemadgwick6263]

Hit the nail on the head....

[@kristypit856]

They weren't in any rush to try and save his life...

[@nifflofair6685]

I think they were being hindered, the officers were on top of him.

[@lennartgosman3640]

It's normal and professional what they did. They worked also quick. Probably you just yell without understanding.

[@ryanstinnitus6530]

why would you move him to the truck? as a paramedic you would start resuscitation immediately and start and airway. then you move to the truck.. THIS IS BS! these guys didnt bring their equipment to a code 3?? these guy did not do their job

[@adamgrey268]

He explained that if you watched the testimony. There was an angry mob badgering them.

[@ryanstinnitus6530]

@@adamgrey268 ya doesnt matter. police were there.

[@adamgrey268]

@@ryanstinnitus6530 hmmm, so it was safe because the police were there?

[@ryanstinnitus6530]

@@adamgrey268 yea. It’s called staging. Paramedics won’t come to the scene at all unless it is safe. If it’s not safe paramedics won’t even get out of their truck. If you are on scene and a person is unresponsive you don’t load them up and wast valuable time. It take approximately 6 minutes to go brain dead without oxygen circulation do paramedics are told to begin their protocols immediately on arrival. They didn’t do their job.

[@adamgrey268]

@@ryanstinnitus6530 Ok, I was just curious if you thought the police killed the guy or not. Your take is that the paramedics killed the guy.

[@rockstargirl213]

There was a firefighter already present. She could have been a service to those men!

[@lgm9324]

But was denied, and her advice was ignored.

[@dragonflyz7211]

@@Ministry-Of-Truth may I make a point here. If the plain clothed firefighter was who she said she was, she could have pulled out her credentials then and there. Everyone knows that. As for the off duty police officer demanding a citizen for an emergency, they would show a badge, or call for back up IRL. I highly doubt an officer would take someone's car tho. 🤷

[@j9andphoenix]

Unfortunately she did not have her ID on her being off duty - I wonder if that would have made a difference to them though - interference from a girl. Chauvin seemed driven by a particular goal. They keep referring to the çrowd'- there were a number of bystanders - concerned bystanders - didn't constitute a crowd (definition is of a number of people) fill (a space) almost completely, leaving little or no room for movement.)

[@rockstargirl213]

I am well aware she was out of uniform, but if someone was screaming to me "Check a PUSLE!" My first reaction is to check a pulse! Not get more comfortable on someone's neck.

[@ratnikgaming2800]

@@dragonflyz7211 prolly wouldn't have mattered as the firefighter was told by thao that "if she were a Minneapolis firefighter she'd know not to interfere with the police" fkd you do fkd you don't

[@joanbowden3448]

All I've thought about these past few days is brother George Floyd lost his life over a counterfeit $20 bill. So sad! 😥💔😥 This really didn't have to happen.

[@nancybrandt-siebert7614]

Exactly my first thought from the beginning of this back when it happened! Thank you for mentioning it because I thought I was missing something that was beyond a counterfeit $20 bill!! This so wrong on so many levels

[@joanbowden3448]

@@nancybrandt-siebert7614 🙏💔🙏💔

[@shiningstaraquarius3869]

@Mizzy Wade ..💯💯💯 research the video where a po-lice was stabbed in the neck.. ran after the guy with his gun put his gun away tased him and arrested him

[@cameroncrawford4875]

@@shiningstaraquarius3869 fortunately was better policing that day.

[@jerseygirl4801]

@Kisha. charles follow homegrownterrorist on Instagram and you can watch them all get arrested as the year goes on

[@MrMichaellee5353]

Guiness book of records - the two slowest paramedics in the world!!!

[@VforVendetta07]

I agree. But they’re both probably a little nervous because they’re not used to testifying in a courtroom.

[@gemini6166]

@@VforVendetta07 @Michael Lee If you ask me they are not nervous, more like upset and disturbed by what happened before during and after they arrived on scene. Having to relive that terrible day to boot- due to a hole violent ex cop murderes. They murdered George Floyd. Paramedics had to tell officer to get out of his way in order to get his patient into the ambulance. The other Paramedic had to remove handcuffs ( officer wouldn't ) etc..etc..

[@FedFanFL]

Oh dear God this is a a drawn out process. How does the Jury stay awake?

[@martinoreilly2890]

Wasnt a firefighter their and she was prevented from helping by the cops. Why isnt this being brought up im sure if the emt knew she was on scene he would have asked for her help. Why didnt cops tell this to the emt ?

[@athenoullathodure1355]

Everyone was at risk that tried to help , They would have gotten tasered,maced or shot,jeewiz what a messed up country

[@tonikoder3353]

She testified

[@americansunbeam]

If this ex-cop is not thrown in jail, there will be the beginning of protests everywhere and I will gladly participate in Boston!

[@noraramos3798]

I will join you in Boston

[@jaysmoove92333]

Most definitely

[@SuperMel81-j5l]

He's already in prison.

[@SuperMel81-j5l]

How about y'all stop worrying about some doped up criminal getting taken off the streets and start protesting over the little 6 year old girl that was shot multiple times by a black man, over an over flowing toilet. OR over the fact that the two teenage girls that killed an innocent man when they tried to steal his car are basically getting a slap on the wrist.

[@ala4737]

@@SuperMel81-j5l they aren’t getting a slap on the wrist they are being charged. Fix your eyebrows 🤢

[@beverlydaniels-reeves729]

Has this cop ever said why he wouldnt get up off Mr Floyd? What could his answer be?? WTH was he thinking? I just dont get it..makes me so angry

[@squadric7722]

easy answer...ego

[@r.j.8736]

Hopefully he’ll make a statement during his sentencing. We all know though. It was his ego

[@esthermensah5346]

Hi Beverly Daniels-Reeves We would have been in a better position with those queries, had he taken the stand. As to whether that question would have been asked, is another thing. In my observation, I believe Chauvin froze in fear- psychosomatic attack- , which he hid perfectly well. It was otherwise bizarre & extremely evil of him to have ignored the pleadings of Floyd & the crowd. He possibly done the hat of superiority in order to conceal that fear. It also may be, he had a grudge against Floyd & felt it was his time to make even by humiliating him, this is supported by his questio Another proposition of mine is that, having previously used his knee to subdue a teenager for 17 minutes, who obviously survived it, Chauvin possibly, believed 9.29 minutes was safe, totally forgetting the fact that he had two others assisting him in this instance & Floyd had an underlined heart condition, making him extremely vulnerable & his action to be negligent, if he knew of this fact, leading to the untimely death of Floyd. May he rest in peace.

[@molonlabe7309]

As a former emt in new york , we can say none responsive not breathing. We have to perform CPR until the E.R. staff takes over.The only person that can call T.O.D. is the doctor in charge. ( unless there is decapitation)

[@abservice968]

A court official: So you are able to pronounce someone dead if they do not have a head?

[@paulmorang8340]

That’s basic life support. They are being labeled as paramedics and I’d assume they’re advanced life support. At least in Michigan, with online medical direction, you can pronounce someone dead.

[@esthermensah5346]

Hi Molon Labe. I am glad you also made out what I have said should have happened in your comment. The messages received by the EMs officers; who sent them has to be scrutinised because if they were expected to call on a completely flat patient, it is their duty to try to maintain free airway, reverse acidosis, set up an infusion to ensure the veins do not collapse; possibly, give intravenous glucose, CPR & an analeptic before handing him over to the ER doctor at the hospital. I do not understand why the EMs officers have not detailed what they actually did in an attempt to revive Floyd. Whether they followed procedure or not, the chances of Floyd surviving that injury was slim, since it was learnt he suffered brain damage. Looking at Floyd on the pavement, in the video, his head looked congested with blood & I am not surprised at all, that he sustained brain injury.

[@kathybishop6623]

They were giving CPR

[@esthermensah5346]

@@kathybishop6623 Hi Kathy Bishop. Who was 'giving CPR'? I did not view any such work by neither the 'EMT' nor the police officers.

[@chord972]

I call BS. When the EMT arrived, he should have 1. removed handcuffs 2. place patient on his back 3. Connect to portable AED and administer shocks as the device indicated. This was a HUGE FAIL by the paramedics.

[@skywithdiamonds]

What reality are you living in? Not mine. Blaming the paramedics for the death of this human being? Just as logical to blame the witnesses, as the defense attorney is trying to do.

[@dragonflyz7211]

@@skywithdiamonds pardon me but they have a valid point. If there was any brain activity at ALL the protocol is to resuscitation. Or at least try to revive the patient. I don't see any blame here.

[@keithhickson6675]

Thankfully, with that ridiculous comment about breaking the law, you're not a trained EMT licensed to work in America.

[@ivartangring3392]

Exactly. The wrong Derek is on trial here. Or both Dereks should be tried. It is fully possible that Chauvins actions caused the death of Floyd. But that is very hard to prove. Proving that paramedics took too long time to start resuscitation is not hard. We have the bodycam videos. After the paramedic checks for pulse, it takes several minutes before chest compressions are started. Police officers should also take responsibility for not starting CPR even before the ambulance got there. But once paramedics are there, they are responsible for medical aid. And they messed up.

[@dragonflyz7211]

@@ivartangring3392 yes. Officers are trained in CPR and basic first aid medical treatment. They knew how to look for signs. The EMT conduct was WRONG also and should be well versed with crowds and focus on the patient's life. Seconds mattered. This was ALL WRONG!!

[@honeyb7631]

There was absolutely no urgency when placing him on the gurney to then resuscitate him. We all saw what happened.

[@bridget113]

who did have a sense of urgency?

[@JohnLW100]

As a doctor who has done a year in emergency medicine, the lack of any visible urgency here is very disturbing. I have pondered over this aspect of George Floyd’s death over and over. Every engaged professional on the scene behaved in a very casual manner. It’s as if death is commonplace and does not require either accountability or humanity. The Asian officer was clearly more focused on his maintaining a perimeter and playing the tough guy, and dismisses himself of any responsibility, even though so many bystanders were telling him that George was either dying or already dead. The total disregard for human life here, is frightening. I have a feeling that these paramedics have been in this situation before. They did not seem intimidated by the police officers, but they have probably learnt not to challenge them over matters, even on matters as grave as this one was. What this WHOLE scene portrays is a side of a sick system that non-Americans have not seen before, and are appalled by. May this NEVER happen again.

[@bridget113]

@@JohnLW100 why should he have been intimidated by 3 officers kneeling on a deceased man. why should anyone be intimidated by anyone else? is that why you start off with........as a doctor......why even mention that?...............anyone could say that on this forum

[@reddodge630]

@@JohnLW100 Don't you find it odd that the other EMS worker checked his pulse so many times (3) before starting CPR? Plus the last check was noticeably different, indicative of a change.

[@lulilangam]

Wow wow wow...code 2🤯

[@heliosmou]

In Baltimore, every time a call to 911 is made for an ambulance, the Baltimore Fire Department arrives almost simultaneously. That's the protocol and it never deviates.

[@rockinrollin8306]

Yes, thats exactly why the female firefighter/witness said there was something not right with how long it took for Fire Dept. to arrive

[@heliosmou]

@@rockinrollin8306 missed that. interesting. know what day of trial that was?

[@letitrest4662]

All that I needed to hear was the person was unconscious with three cops on him. One kneeling on his neck. NOT MUCH GREY AREA !

[@Xenotypic]

cops show up to arrest guy, guy swallows really strong pills to hide them, begins to OD, then loses conciousness.

[@gemini6166]

@@Xenotypic He died from low oxygen, compressions to his neck, chest and lungs. A medical examiner was very clear and detailed in the findings of homicide! Low amounts of drug or drugs in his system- not enough to cause death. Etc..etc..

[@gemini6166]

@@Xenotypic Also go read J mags comment. He has been an Emt for 7 years

[@Xenotypic]

@@gemini6166 yeah lets listen to only the prosecutions witnesses and leave it at that, case closed right? who cares if he's been an emt for 7 years.

[@gemini6166]

@@Xenotypic I never said case closed etc. I was sharing what the expert witnesses, Medical examiner, forensics etc. Plus the paramedics on scene where all testifying to. Now to add my personal opinion and take - I watched the entire footage on live TV as it unfolded as did hundreds of others and watched listened and saw George Floyd go completely lifeless. It will absolutely he interesting to hear what the defense offers up when it is their turn. For now I do care what the EMT's M.E. Forensics and other police officers had to say thus far.

[@jackiemills2466]

I’ll be glad when Trial is over so the Floyd family dose not have to keep reliving it over TV News etc Prayers to the family

[@marianaguriras7722]

True indeed

[@nifflofair6685]

Rest in Peace George

[@kingkalvin120]

The moment they decided Floyd was in cardiac arrest shows the paramedics were negligent. Why didn’t they immediately start to resuscitate? Why load him in the truck when time is of the essence? They should have immediately started the cpr procedure.

[@williambuckman8359]

Because all the important machines and drugs that give people a chance to survive is in the back of that ambulance

[@judyjohnis]

The way she is asking questions is irritating. He answers and asks the same types of questions over and over again.

[@PrayerWarrior571]

The proper question should have been. When you were at the back of your ambulance and as your partner checked for pulse what was the position of the officers, were they still ontop of the patient?

[@REDONE-po1nb]

This so called serviceman is an insult to the ambulance service. All of these medics on the scene that day were so disgustingly behaved..This particular one stood half way in the ambulance getting a view from a large distance he looked like he was hiking , rather than someone there to preserve life ... has he been fired?

[@esthermensah5346]

Hi R.E.D ONE I am glad to learn that I am not the only one who is not happy with the way the paramedics gave answers to questions asked them in Court. It seemed to me that they were worried about revealing what they did in am attempt to revive Floyd.

[@REDONE-po1nb]

@@esthermensah5346 I agree

[@REDONE-po1nb]

@@esthermensah5346 hi eshter they seemed to want to run out the court room ..it's called sharing GUILT.!

[@shawnthegreat4281]

I want everyone to understand that the EMTs are on scene and George Floyd is not moving or talking and the officers are still on top of him and on his neck. They checked his pulse and they are still on his neck.

[@marywilliams7648]

I'm way out of New York, but when I saw GF stop moving and talking, and called out for his mama, and as if I saw d ground as if he had urinated himself, I knew he was dead, dead

[@heinborp1]

The prosecution is terrible at asking questions. Too slow

[@JoseRivera-ns7du]

Yeah. You're right she should it ask why they didn't did CPR in the spot.

[@sultansalahuddin113]

The fact that it was more important to get him to the ambulance than it was to start immediate cpr shows it was no sense of urgency to save him by emt or police.

[@blessingbenditagbo272]

Exactly! The most important thing was to start CPR immediately instead of talking him in the ambulance.

[@elsag8516]

Or place him on an aed/lifepak to see if he was in a shockable rhythm. You shouldn’t wait over a minute to start cpr on an unresponsive person

[@gemini6166]

@Sultan you are right, however due to the crowds of understandably angry citizens they needed to get him secure in the ambulance away from the crowd.

[@gemini6166]

To clarify further I was only saying you were right re: it was more important to get him to the ambulance- which it was. Especially since the EMT's observed no pulse, no breathing or chest rising/falling Floyd appeared deceased ( not in cardiac arrest but actually dead ) and to add to that horrifying situation you had an understandably angry crowd of onlookers. They needed to get George Floyd into their rig as safely as possible and then work on trying to resuscitate him in that emotionally charged situation. Also it was the EMT's that had to tell Chavin to move out of the way as he was blocking access to George Floyd and the EMT also had to remove the handcuffs themselves because the officers wouldn't. Those ex cop's set the tone, the pace etc..

[@sultansalahuddin113]

@@gemini6166 if someone is not breathing you start cpr. There were barely 10 people out there and none were being violent. They all were trying to talk Chauvin into getting off his neck. They should have started cpr immediately. No one in the crowd would have objected to that. The cops should have started cpr. No one out there in uniform was interested in seeing if they could save his life. They just wanted to get out of there.

[@PrayerWarrior571]

Followed by: Did the police voluntarily move away from the patient or did you ask them to move or did you push them off the patient can you please describe how the officers ended up getting off Mr Floyd?

[@doseyjosey1010]

It's in the video 💁‍♀️

[@kerrigrandmaison2474]

What paramedic tries to get a pulse when a police officer gas his knee on his neck. Any 6th grader knows you definitely won't get one

[@williambuckman8359]

I don’t think you understand what getting a pulse means!

[@CozyPeace3]

They’re calling a dead man a “patient” because it sounds better to them to than calling him what he was a victim.

[@Julmaa87]

No they're calling him a patient because he was a patient.

[@emmaschutty2366]

That is something the defense would object to and the judge would have to sustain, and I'm sure the paramedics are just trained and used to using the term patient

[@paradisefound4218]

Why weren't the other officers held accountable too? They are all murderers in uniform.

[@r.j.8736]

I see what you mean, their trial is in august. The other 3 cops are gonna be tried together

[@alexgee4312]

The emt personnel could of done more to help smh .. Very sloppy effort from these emt medics ..

[@americanairlinecaptain7195]

I’m hoping Floyd family will get justice. I wish I can changed the world to change to for better world but I cannot do it alone. It would be nice if parents teach there kids to love and respect different colors.

[@athenoullathodure1355]

I know it's a never ending story a never ending cycle of racism, I am off American Indian decent,,so I feel it too

[@bretnuttall8302]

The FACT that there is enough video EVIDENCE is not enough and they're relying on some people's memory.... this is just as bad as the actual incident. Disgusting. Get out of this city immediately.

[@hemlock4519]

This EMT knew everything he did that day wasn’t going to look good. His testimony sounds like He’s afraid of Defense supporters. Or he Supports the Defense. Or He couldn’t say things with Chauvin looking at him.

[@christinanunez8324]

First thing I do is start COMPRESSIONS not move the body of a non breathing man first that minutes wasted !!!!

[@esthermensah5346]

I have not so far been able to establish how long Floyd had been in a state of no respiration & when the EMS officers arrived on the scene. This time is important in order to establish what urgency of treatment was required. If breathing has been absent for longer than 3 minutes, time is very important as success relies on how quick resuscitation is provided & whether the outcome will be effectively good without being presented with a brain damaged person. So far. I have not been able to establish that from the witnesses - the EMS & medical specialists. I am not sure whether they did & I simply have not got it.

[@Cris-hk4cn]

You weren't that far away that you could not see all of them on top of him.

[@battamcrease2450]

@Patrick Duncan *English

[@martinoreilly2890]

Why would a paramedic waste time putting a patient into an ambulance he should have first checked pulse eyes and airway. Then instead of moving him their job is to immediatly open his airway and start chest compressions. The emt as much as said this on the witness stand. But only done so in the ambulance. As he said time is critical. But then waited to give critical care after loading the patient into ambulance. Critical care is given immediatly not after a few minutes unloading the stretcher then placing the patient on the stretcher then loading the stretcher into the ambulance. How long do you think it took all this process to happen ? While all the time he wasnt breathing or have a pulse. That isnt treating a patient as critical. Between 3 to 5 minutes wasted on the critical care the patient needed straight away. More questions than answers in this case.

[@VforVendetta07]

The other EMT checked Floyd’s carotid pulse and checked his eyes while Floyd was on the ground. He then informed this guy that Floyd was in cardiac arrest and that he wanted to get him in the ambulance. But I agree it seemed like they took their time.

[@martinoreilly2890]

@@VforVendetta07 i was a paramedic. You work on the patient straight away not waste time getting him into the ambulance unless you have enough people to do both at the same time. When in cardiac arrest 3 to 5 minutes makes the difference in some cases between life and death. Thats the point i was trying to make.

[@gemini6166]

@@VforVendetta07 No, thr other paramedic said he told this paramedic he believes he is dead due to no pulse, large pupils, no chest rising and falling ( not breathing, no pulse, not moving )

[@martinoreilly2890]

@@gemini6166 the paramedic knew he was dead but only a doctor can pronounce death therefore the paramedic has to work on the patient until a doctor pronounces the patient deceased. Every paramedic knows this. Thats why they should have worked on him immediatly unless decapatated.

[@esthermensah5346]

Hi Martin O' Reilly. I totally agree with you. I have made similar comments on this cite.

[@JoseRivera-ns7du]

The family should lawsuit the paramedics for not giving CPR in the spot. knowing the it's not breading they knew that he was dead so they played off that he was alive. Just look back at the video.

[@patricesilva8004]

And why did they not tell the officer to get up n start working on him right away. Something was wrong with the whole thing God forgive all of them

[@sarac.3568]

Well...you took your time guys

[@caterinascarcella]

Anyone know Are the other fired officers going to stand trial?

[@caterinascarcella]

@HannahDiamond thank you

[@kirstiemadgwick6263]

Im interested in who called the ambulance. It must had been a member of the public being a code 2. And then more members of the public calling, which up graded the call????

[@anupjani]

Justice Served.

[@Shannon0813]

If i ever need an ambulance I hope i don't get those two EMT's

[@relaxationstation7374]

😱Murda!!!😱

[@CleverGirlAAH]

IM SO RELAXED!! AAAAH!!

[@transamtransam2743]

They gave George ineffective CPR. The person should be on the floor to properly preform CPR. On the video you can clearly see George was on a gurney and you can clearly see the gurney flexing up and down with there efforts to revive George. Some of this is incompetence from the medical team. The paramedic should be fired without pay.

[@soffyscookingcorner5438]

He is 💯 honest. He spoke well!

[@samsami3744]

I'm curious how he never realized the man under his knees is dying? I believe he did it intentionally but didn't think this story goes this much far and he can abuse his power as a cop as many of his co workers do.

[@BrotherBrad87]

I've been watching bits and pieces of these testimonies and this woman asking the questions absolutely sucks. Unless she is intentionally doing the constant pauses and... and... What pause... Uh.. As some kind of strategy, it is really distracting.

[@andrewhiserodt2900]

Why are these videos so short?

[@helveticaification]

British viewers will find the importance of Fire service equipment and personnel in US mystifying. British fire-fighters are well trained and equipped to help with resuscitation and incident-related health emergencies when attending at a fire or at incidents where their equipment is most suitable for recovering people, but would quickly call in ambulances for transfers to hospital etc. In a medical emergency at home, the automatic reaction of the public would be to call for an NHS ambulance, equipped and staffed to deal with a great range of medical emergencies on site and en route to ER. Why?. . . .Because the Ambulance Service is FREE!.. People highly respect this service as they do all branches of the NHS, and in general do not use it frivolously, except sometimes out of ignorance. They would call on the Fire service predominantly for FIRES (though police will call them in to assist with extractions etc at major road accidents) and occasionally to rescue a cat stuck in a tree! I learned about the importance of US firefighters as the Ambulance of the Poor when on a Ride-Along with a student of mine who was also a cop in Jacksonville. He explained that they would work with the Fire service if they encountered (as indeed happened that night) someone they thought needed oxygen or a stretcher-ride to a hospital. I respect their skills and ethos, but it still seems weird to a Brit!

[@bromptinowner763]

Chauvin would have known no pulse no movement, so i'll get off him, no i'm not !!

[@spacebase1805]

Does this sound like complicity? Or what. He said he was Dead what assistance. You picked him up you know he's Dead. Moving the body is a crime.

[@williambuckman8359]

No it’s not they were trying to resuscitate him that’s why they moved him

[@corabrooks4337]

It is frustrating that these emts are just basically answering questions yet not stating that they had to ask the police to get off Floyd. They are annoying

[@shareefk9039]

The rules of the court. The witnesses cannot freely talk.

[@tsav2909]

The lawyer isn’t asking the right questions

[@vbrad6226]

I think one of the videos show the first emt motioned for Chauvin to get off him

[@queendee8656]

Why is she repeating herself over and over again?🤔

[@Berdymadafakas]

It's always good to get a medical opinion in a court of law from a nurse 50 feet away.

[@williambuckman8359]

Lol he is not a nurse!

[@Berdymadafakas]

@@williambuckman8359 I was being sarcastic. He's less than a nurse you're correcr.

[@e.lamontavery1039]

they were blown by what they were seeing. they proceeded with caution. Don,t blame them. Sad to say, he was dead before they got there

[@IROK660]

The claim is that he died from lack of oxygen. His postmortem blood oxygen level was 98%. How could it be that high if indeed he was unable to breath?

[@JohnThePA]

Yes, because 4-6 minutes of significantly decreased blood flow to the brain kills you. Have you even been involved in CPR? I see patients in the Emergency Department. We get very high blood oxygen levels when resuscitating a dead person - as we're literally ventilating the patient and circulating oxygen-rich blood. The doesn't change the fact that they are irreversibly brain dead and in cardiac arrest with little chance of attaining ROSC.

[@joebottoms4498]

So how many times does she have to ask? Seems to me that the emergency response team is being led to lie by the prosecution team either that or his memory sucks

[@debbieskinner4402]

Or he is not lying. He is very nervous. You don’t know if he is lying. I don’t believe he is.

[@trivalentlogic]

I really think the cops were to aware of their ego to administer any help in front of the crowd. They were to stubborn to get off him once he was sufficiently restrained and the longer they held him the further they felt they would have to back paddle. I really think he died because they were afraid of losing face. And chauvin was the escalating force. And thus the dominating alpha of the pack and the rest just went along, shamefully. It’s just like theatre, once the paras arrived they would be willing to change scenes.

[@lorenamackey218]

No matter who was out there an saying what.... you stop an help that person right where they at.... that don’t make sense

[@nifflofair6685]

Biggest distraction was the numerous officers sitting on the patient!!

[@lorenamackey218]

They could have gave George cpr right there the crowd was trying to help an they wasn’t being violent or nothing... all They wanted was help

[@christinanunez8324]

This guy is not EDUCATED !!!

[@cc2016]

I want they to punish the guys who attack Asians as well.. Especially the one who pushed that elder Asian man to dead

[@bostonslots2232]

Sum.this case up in 5 minutes talk about dragging it out and guy answers questions and she repeats it. Why u bring in ambulance she says umm to save a life u fool

[@carolsmart238]

I didn’t see a knee on the neck when he was feeling the artery

[@carolsmart238]

So was the kneeling on the back of the neck?

[@contessahinson]

But why was he on the ground so long, he was in cuffs he had backup..I assume for comply was the purpose... terrible

[@caridennis3171]

Wow, if you need that many people to perform cpr then how do they normally do it with only 2 of them and one of them is driving?

[@janetrhodes8349]

Generally I've seen if the patient does go into cardiac arrest they will stop the ambulance the second person who's driving will go back to help with CPR to try to get a pulse back! but yeah I don't understand why they didn't start CPR first thing on the ground! It was like they were there for a scoop and go or something!

[@JohnThePA]

Ideal prehospital cardiac arrest is with four individuals (usually two ambulances are dispatched): two individuals switching between compressions / manage the defibrillator, one ventilating the patient and managing the airway, and a paramedic to lead the resuscitation / gain IV access / provide timely medications. You can do CPR with one person OR you can run a code in the hospital with 8 people around... There's no right number, but having more help is better (to an extent).

[@williambuckman8359]

Well cari that’s why the fire department comes with Ems they are man power cpr is a lot of work believe it or not

[@DocJones2020]

You see how deep hate is here. The man Was dead & handcuffed. & still had multiple law-enforcement on top him. I’m glad that the world can see this. How Strong The Hate Is Here. I’m burnt out w/ caucasians. It can’t be fixed. I say leave them be (Not all ❤️) Just leave them behind... (Hate. When one has enough rage to put his/her hands in his/her pockets to apply pressure to the knee transferring to the neck of King/Queen. = Hate/Jealousy. Again, I say leave them be. Too many demonic spirits. ✌🏾❤️

[@amorphousalienblob]

There are no guidelines to determine what level of opioids causes an o.d. That depends on that persons history of drug use. If a person who never used an opioid should take the amount taken by somebody who uses opioids for say years that person would die of an overdose while the same amount makes an experianced user not even high. The human body grows accustomed to opioids and a longterm user can handle far higher levels then somebody who isn't used to opioids. So to say George Floyd died of an overdose because he had a high level of fentanyl in his body is ridiculous. They only say that to make it look like the cops are not to blame. Everybody dies when somebody pushes his knee on your neck for 9 minutes!

[@finarodriguez1917]

I'm sorry for my English. She's very intelligent, and knows exactly how to formulate her questions, and pretending to sound kind of dumb, and stumbling, SO..she can get the truest answers, for everyone, inside and outside to understand what the situacion was on every aspect. That way of speaking makes the other side more relaxed, and more talkable, psychology wise.

[@martaivette4145]

She is so TERRIBLE!!!

[@soffyscookingcorner5438]

Mighty God!

[@hectormacias3495]

I liked when Chauvin's mom tried to paint him as a good boy.

[@lindathorpe3299]

So sad

[@danamoore6970]

marchjng and protesting.....stay have it changed. Beyond,. MLK era...Malcolm X said it best...

[@scrungo7610]

Ads in the middle of this? Come on y’all have some respect

[@Ventallyouwant]

They wanted a arrest they got a cardiac arrest.. same thing to them

[@skeeskeeter6994]

What's weird, is this knee on the neck with a casual hand in his pocket... "HEY LOOK AT HIS ARM MUSCLES... HE IS USING ARM PUSHING DOWN ON HIS LEG TO INCREASE THE PRESSURE ON HIS NECK... Casual hand in pocket think not...

[@meggie12342]

Exactly... He only put his hand in pocket to add more pressure and weight

[@esthermensah5346]

This EMs officer has not submitted what they actually did in an attempt to revive Floyd. Are there any records kept by them that could provide what they did? I am not totally impressed. It may be the length of time that Floyd stopped breathing was playing on their minds.

[@williambuckman8359]

Stop calling us er officers that sounds ridiculous you have first responders emts and paramedics! We don’t work for the emergency room or the police department we are part of the Ems service go educate yourself please your comments are painful to read!

[@esthermensah5346]

@@williambuckman8359 Hi William Buckman. Thank you for correcting me for having incorrectly addressed the EMT officers as ER officers. In any case what does 'EMs' & 'Emts' stand for, if I may politely ask? I am only used to Paramedics in the UK. Perhaps I should have kept to that & that would not have upset you so much to call my attention to it. Do accept my apology. As for my comments, I know they are relevant & I don't expect them to hurt, reading it.