N.C. Man Incorrectly Declared Dead

[CBright7831]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A medical examiner studying a body in a morgue was startled when the man took a shallow breath.

 

Emergency medical technicians had declared 29-year-old Larry D. Green dead almost two hours earlier, after he was hit by a car.

 

Medical examiner J.B. Perdue was called to the accident scene Monday but did not examine Green then. Later, he was documenting Green's injuries when he noticed the man was breathing.

 

``I had to look twice myself just to make sure it was there, that's how subtle it was,'' Perdue said.

 

Green, 29, was taken to Duke University Medical Center in Durham, where he was in critical condition Tuesday.

 

Several members of the Franklin County emergency medical service have been suspended pending an investigation, said Darnell Batton, the county attorney.

 

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[AboveAverage484]

It's Duke what the hell do you expect?

[2GOLD]

This happens all the time actually.

Later it will become a huge religious story about how he was saved and then TBN will run a special on the healing power of accepting Christ.

 

Seen one, seen em all.

 

Kinda sad that some doctors just happen to miss the important factor of the person...you know, being alive.

[Dr. Tom]

I find it funny (and sad) that the medical examiner didn't *examine* the "body" at the scene. Hello, isn't that his fucking job?