Body in morgue, not quite dead

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 2:36 pm

RALEIGH, N.C. Ã¢â‚¬ 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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Lon · Post by **Lon** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 2:45 pm

This has happened a number of times with an individual on the Embalming Table of a Mortuary. (Just before embalming of course)

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 3:30 pm

Cass, where DO you find these stories?? Kinda shakes your faith in our doctors, huh? Sheesh. :yh_doh

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 3:35 pm

BabyRider wrote: Cass, where DO you find these stories??
I am your source for bizarre news!

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 3:45 pm

>>^..^ I am your source for bizarre news!
and that's no accident.

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 3:55 pm

lady cop wrote: and that's no accident.

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 5:15 pm

One of my greatest fears.. always has been. I AM BEING CREMATED>

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 5:34 pm

weeder wrote: One of my greatest fears.. always has been. I AM BEING CREMATED>
It beats being eaten by worms and bugs.