Friday, October 16, 2009

Paramedic suspended for death pronouncement


Baltimore, Maryland - A Baltimore City paramedic has been suspended without pay after an investigation into an incident in which a man shot by city police was mistakenly pronounced dead and left on a convenience store floor for 30 minutes. Michael Richard Quarles, 51, was shot in the head by a police officer. Fire officials said Quarles’ body was awaiting transport to the medical examiner’s office when police observed the man either moving or making sounds, and requested the same medics return to the scene....More

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