A paramedic who responded to a lifeless Michael Jackson said today the singer's doctor, Conrad Murray, did not tell paramedics that Jackson was taking the powerful anesthetic propofol, and was not honest about how long Jackson had been in cardiac arrest.
Richard Senneff, a Los Angeles firefighter and paramedic, testified in the manslaughter trial about reporting to Jackson's mansion after receiving a 911 call about a 50-year-old man in cardiac arrest.
Jackson died of a drug overdose on June 25, 2009. Murray, the singer's doctor, could face four years in prison if convicted.
Senneff said that he and his team of four others received the call at 12:22 p.m. and arrived at the rented mansion in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Bel Air, Calif., at 12:26 p.m. He said that he and his team never found any sign of life in the king of pop.
"When I first moved the patient, his skin was very cool to the touch. When I took a first glance at him, his eyes were open, they were dry and his pupils were dilated. When I hooked up the EKG machine, it was flatline consistently," Senneff said.
Michael Jackson Paramedic Says Conrad Murray Was Not Honest
Amanda Knox, Michael Jackson Trials Captivate
Watch Video Conrad Murray Trial: Jackson's 911 Call on Tape
Watch Video The paramedic said that Murray and a bodyguard were in the process of moving Jackson from his bed to the floor when he arrived. Jackson, wearing pajamas, appeared so thin that his ribs were visible, Senneff told jurors.
Senneff immediately approached Murray asking him a barrage of questions about his patient. Jackson appeared so ill that he looked like a patient suffering from a chronic illness, Senneff said.
"I said is there a DNR [Do Not Resuscitate] and he just looked at me...I repeated the question and he said no, no, there's nothing, no."
Senneff and his team began hooking Jackson up to an EKG machine, intubating him and giving him rounds of drugs to start his heart. None of it worked. At one point, Murray told paramedics that he could feel a pulse in Jackson's right groin. Senneff said he and his team could not find a pulse on Jackson and that his cardiac rhythm was a "clean flatline."
Senneff repeatedly asked Murray about Jackson's medical history and what medications he was taking.
"I asked what his underlying health condition was, he [Conrad Murray] did not respond...I asked again..he did not respond…The third time he said nothing, nothing, he has nothing," Senneff said. "Simply that did not add up to me."
"I see an underweight patient, I see an IV here and I see medication vials on the nightstand," he said.
Murray told paramedics that he was only treating Jackson for dehydration and exhaustion and that he'd only given him a sedative lorazepam to help him sleep. Murray's defense team now contends that he gave Jackson 25 mg of propofol on the day he died and that Jackson took lorazepam and an additional dose of propofol without Murray knowing.
Senneff said that it appeared Jackson had been in cardiac arrest longer than the five minutes it took for paramedics to arrive after 911 was called.
Senneff and the UCLA Medical Center were prepared to declare Jackson dead at 12:57 p.m., but Murray insisted the king of pop be taken to the hospital and efforts to revive him continue.
Senneff said that after Jackson had been taken down the stairs on a gurney and placed into an ambulance, he returned to Jackson's bedroom to retrieve his team's items.
He encountered Murray in the bedroom.
沒有留言:
張貼留言