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Published 1 year ago

2 Clearwater paramedics fired after man mistakenly pronounced dead

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Clearwater Fire and Rescue Chief Scott Ehlers announced the findings of the investigation. Sebastian Pickens and Jacob Rivero were dispatched to a home on Feb. 15 at 9:55 a.m. The call was upgraded to one for a cardiac arrest because CPR was being administered. A short time later, Chief Ehlers said agonal respiration was witnessed.

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2 Clearwater paramedics fired after man mistakenly pronounced dead

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) —  Two paramedics who mistakenly pronounced a Clearwater man dead back in February have been fired. Clearwater Fire and Rescue chief Scott Ehlers said the two medics failed their oath of office, the patient and the citizens of Clearwater. On Feb. 15, Phebe Maxwell found her 66-year-old father, Thomas, on the floor. “I started CPR immediately and my mom called 911,” Maxwell recalled. The department said fire medics Jacob …

1 year ago·Tampa, United States
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Clearwater fire medics terminated after wrongly declaring man dead

Fire & Rescue Chief Scott Ehlers announced that Jacob Rivero and Sebastian Pickens were terminated this week.

1 year ago·Tampa, United States
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'They didn't help anybody': 2 Clearwater medics fired after pronouncing alive man 'dead', chief says

Clearwater Fire & Rescue Department Chief Scott Ehlers says after an internal investigation, medics Sebastian Pickens and Jacob Rivero have been fired.

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'They failed this patient': Clearwater medics fired after mistakenly declaring man dead in February

Two medics in Clearwater have been fired following an internal investigation into an incident in February where a man was mistakenly declared dead.

1 year ago·Tampa, United States
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Clearwater paramedics fired after mistakenly declaring man dead

Two Clearwater fire medics are out of their jobs Friday, after mistakenly declaring a man dead when he was still alive in February.

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Clearwater paramedics fired after mistakenly pronouncing man dead back in February

On Friday, May 5, 2023, two paramedics from Clearwater Fire & Rescue were fired following an investigation into an incident that occurred shortly before 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, in the Sunny Park Groves neighborhood in Unincorporated Clearwater. Arriving paramedics located a male in his 60s at the home and quickly determined that the man was deceased. Once that determination was made, the responding ambulance and another fire eng…

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