Defibrillator spark sets patient on fire - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

hrdwareguy · 02-13-2004, 10:49 AM

I got this article from my mom so unfortunately there is no linky and I'm not sure what paper it came out of. I think it is from The Westfield Evening News.

Quote:

New London, Conn. (AP) -- A paramedic using a defibrillator in an attempt to restart the heart of a New London woman instead set her on fire, police said.

A spark from the machine ignited the clothes of 47-year-old Brenda Jewett inside an ambulance Monday night, police said.

The chief medical examiner's office said Wednesday that Jewett was dead when the fire started. She died of natural causes and the fire did not contribut to her death, the agency said.

Jewett was pronounced dead at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital.

Neither the paramedic nor other members of the ambulance crew were injured by the flames, which were doused with a fire extinguisher.

Jewett's husband had called for the ambulance after finding his wife unconscious on their couch Monday evening.

The New London County state's attorney's office began an investigation, asking the State Police Major Crime Squad, state and ocal fire marshals and the state Office of Emergency Medical Services to examine the fire.

"I've been in this business 20 years and I've never heard of something like this," Leonard Guercia Jr., director of the state Emergency Medical Services, told The Day of New London.

Mary Newman, of the National Center of Early Defibrillation in Pittsburgh, said her group has never received a report of a defibrillator starting a fire. She said she doubted that it was the fire or the defibrillator that caused Jewett's death.

"When you defibrillate a person, they are already dead," she said. "The purpose of the defibrillator is to bring them back to life. So you can't make them any worse off than they are."

I thought I'd pass this along as I found it humorous. I can almost picture the scene.

The only thing is that you don't use a defibrillator on dead people. You use it on a person with an arythmia not asystole.

World's King · 02-13-2004, 12:20 PM

How as no one responded to this? It's fuckin' funny as hell.

Thanks hrdware.

skier · 02-13-2004, 12:31 PM

I would have loved to hear that conversation in the Ambulance

Paramedic 1- "Clear!"
*thump*
*Hiss crackle*
Paramedic 2- "Dude, I think you just set her on
fire!"
Paramedic 1- "Whatever man. You're just jealous that I get to use the paddle thingies."
Paramedic 2- "No really dude she's totally burning!"
Paramedic 1- "OH SHIT where's the extinguisher?!?""
*Whoooosh*
Paramedic 1- "...."
Paramedic 2- "...."
Paramedic 2- "Wanna stop by McDonalds on the way back?"
Paramedic 1- "....."
Paramedic 1- "Alright."

Or at least that's how it would go in my world.

shalafi · 02-13-2004, 12:41 PM

heh good one hrd. the mental movie on this is great.

Bill O'Rights · 02-13-2004, 12:46 PM

They need to re-write this for The Third Watch.

hrdwareguy · 02-13-2004, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bill O'Rights
They need to re-write this for The Third Watch.

lol that would be funny as hell

strcrssd · 02-13-2004, 01:56 PM

skier...that's wrong man, just plain wrong...

Arbiestsheft04 · 02-13-2004, 02:19 PM

Rich in flaming goodness!

MrFlux · 02-13-2004, 02:48 PM

Well, at least they save money on cremation....

analog · 02-13-2004, 04:57 PM

That poor woman will forever be remembered as the one who caught fire when trying to be revived.

BTW- in MY mental movie, the paramedics heard a loud, gutteral "SHE'S MINE!!" as she burst into flames. After the fire was out, the paramedics sat back and said, "fuck that." lol

moonstrucksoul · 02-13-2004, 08:19 PM

does the fact that she was dead have anything to do with why she caught on fire?

Great Penguin · 02-13-2004, 08:41 PM

That's horrible...horribly hilarious.

Zing.

greytone · 02-14-2004, 08:53 AM

That is efficient, to go straight from resusitation attempts into cremation.

brandon11983 · 02-15-2004, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by skier
Paramedic 1- "Clear!"
*thump*
*Hiss crackle*
Paramedic 2- "Dude, I think you just set her on
fire!"
Paramedic 1- "Whatever man. You're just jealous that I get to use the paddle thingies."
Paramedic 2- "No really dude she's totally burning!"
Paramedic 1- "OH SHIT where's the extinguisher?!?""
*Whoooosh*
Paramedic 1- "...."
Paramedic 2- "...."
Paramedic 2- "Wanna stop by McDonalds on the way back?"
Paramedic 1- "....."
Paramedic 1- "Alright."

That is the funniest shit I've even seen in my life

02-13-2004, 12:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
World's King Here Location: Denver City Denver	How as no one responded to this? It's fuckin' funny as hell. Thanks hrdware. __________________ heavy is the head that wears the crown

02-13-2004, 12:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
skier Rawr! Location: Edmontania	I would have loved to hear that conversation in the Ambulance Paramedic 1- "Clear!" thump Hiss crackle Paramedic 2- "Dude, I think you just set her on fire!" Paramedic 1- "Whatever man. You're just jealous that I get to use the paddle thingies." Paramedic 2- "No really dude she's totally burning!" Paramedic 1- "OH SHIT where's the extinguisher?!?"" Whoooosh Paramedic 1- "...." Paramedic 2- "...." Paramedic 2- "Wanna stop by McDonalds on the way back?" Paramedic 1- "....." Paramedic 1- "Alright." Or at least that's how it would go in my world. __________________ "Asking a bomb squad if an old bomb is still "real" is not the best thing to do if you want to save it." - denim Last edited by skier; 02-13-2004 at 12:39 PM..

02-13-2004, 12:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Location: In the dust of the archives	They need to re-write this for The Third Watch. __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

02-13-2004, 01:56 PM	#7 (permalink)
strcrssd Insane Location: Rio Grande Valley, Texas	skier...that's wrong man, just plain wrong... __________________ "I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones." -- John Cage (1912 - 1992)

02-13-2004, 02:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
Arbiestsheft04 Upright Location: NJ	Rich in flaming goodness! __________________ Generic amusing expression of boredom and disdain.

02-13-2004, 12:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
shalafi ARRRRRRRRRR Location: Stuart, Florida	heh good one hrd. the mental movie on this is great.

02-13-2004, 02:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
MrFlux Fluxing wildly... Location: Auckland, New Zealand	Well, at least they save money on cremation.... __________________ flux (n.) Medicine. The discharge of large quantities of fluid material from the body, especially the discharge of watery feces from the intestines.

02-13-2004, 04:57 PM	#10 (permalink)
analog Banned	That poor woman will forever be remembered as the one who caught fire when trying to be revived. BTW- in MY mental movie, the paramedics heard a loud, gutteral "SHE'S MINE!!" as she burst into flames. After the fire was out, the paramedics sat back and said, "fuck that." lol

02-13-2004, 08:19 PM	#11 (permalink)
moonstrucksoul hovering in the distance Location: the land of milk and honey	does the fact that she was dead have anything to do with why she caught on fire? __________________ no signature required

02-13-2004, 08:41 PM	#12 (permalink)
Great Penguin Upright	That's horrible...horribly hilarious. Zing.

02-14-2004, 08:53 AM	#13 (permalink)
greytone Junkie	That is efficient, to go straight from resusitation attempts into cremation. __________________ I was there to see beautiful naked women. So was everybody else. It's a common failing. Robert A Heinlein in "They Do It With Mirrors"