The Rise of the Medical Emergency, Pt. 26, Jun 16th Reports
The shotted shall avoid: Being a witness in a criminal trial, sitting with their dog, driving a semi truck, flying on a plane, driving, boating, firefighting, being a little girl, and singing.
1) Dashonn Maggette’s trial delayed as more details emerge in cop case
‘Dashonn Maggette, the Chicago man who spent six years in jail without a trial, will have to wait longer for his day in court.
Maggette’s trial was scheduled to begin Monday, June 12. But on that day, Maggette learned his trial was pushed back to June 26.
Sources told the Crusader ‘a witness for prosecutors experienced “a medical emergency” and they had to push the trial back to a later date.’ [Emphasis added]
Justice delayed is justice denied, they say.
Well, if this really was a horror movie, and not real life, then we’d be seeing stuff like this:
2) Pit bull breed kills owner after falling unconscious in Beckley
‘A man having a medical emergency in Beckley was killed by his dog last Thursday.
According to Beckley police, Robert Showalter, 71, was sitting with a neighbor on his porch on Wilson Street when he fell unconscious. The neighbor reported to police that he ran next door to get a phone to call 911. When Beckley firefighters and EMS arrived on scene, police said they found what appeared to be a pit bull type breed belonging to Showalter latching onto his throat. They called for police backup and when a Beckley Police officer arrived at the home, he shot and killed the dog to stop the attack.
Beckley Police said Showalter was taken to an area hospital where staff attempted to save him but were unsuccessful.’ [Emphasis added]
3) Semi Overturns at Mason Wednesday
‘Details are available on a crash that occurred in Mason on Wednesday.
Illinois State Police reported that a truck tractor semi-trailer ran off Illinois Route 37 at State Street at 12:15pm. Troopers report that the driver of the rig suffered a medical emergency that caused the unit to run off the right side of the highway. The report indicates the driver, 21-year-old Blake C. Shultz of Tuscola, overcorrected and the rig came back onto the highway, across both lanes, and partially onto the shoulder. The driver then overcorrected to the right and the vehicle overturned.
Shultz was transported for treatment of what troopers termed non life threatening injuries.’ [Emphasis added]
At least he didn’t have his dog with him.
4) Study abroad took on a new meaning for a group of Longwood University nursing students two weeks ago.
‘That’s because mid-flight on their way home from Ireland, a medical emergency happened while the plane was above the ocean.
The Longwood students and faculty members Dr. Kim Little and Professor Lisa Minor sprang into action.
They described the passenger as very pale, said she had passed out in her seat and was unresponsive.’ [Emphasis added]
‘Based on their initial assessments, they believed the woman was having a cardiac emergency.’ [Emphasis added]
‘The pair said because of privacy laws, United Airlines could only tell them the woman had a flight booked home two days following the incident.’ [Emphasis added]
5) Army veteran, former medic working on highway construction crew jumps into action to save woman
‘A woman in Alaska found herself in a car that was stopped at a construction zone at the perfect time.
When she experienced a medical emergency in her car, one of the crew members happened to be a former Army paramedic who helped save her life.
Mario Jones, who was flagging for the construction zone, told KTUU he watched as a driver exited his vehicle, ran to the passenger side of the car and pulled a woman out and yelled for help.
"I just went right to her, I knew exactly what to do," Jones said.’ [Emphasis added]
‘"I was happy I was able to help her, I was happy I was there. I'm happy she made it through," Jones said.’ [Emphasis added]
6) ABF Freight driver honored by TCA for aiding woman in distress
‘On April 14, around 10 a.m., Allen was driving on his delivery route, in Columbus, Nebraska, in stop-and-go traffic. He noticed a Chevy Silverado truck moving very slowly at an intersection after the light turned green. Other motorists attempted to go around the moving vehicle.
“She was going 3 or 5 miles an hour,” Allen said. “I’m like, there’s something wrong with this person — I noticed she was leaned over the console in her truck.”’ [Emphasis added]
‘“There were dark tinted windows where you could barely see her, but when I looked through the windshield, I could see her leaning over the console and I knew there was a medical emergency,” Allen said.
Allen believes the young woman, in her twenties, was having some sort of seizure.’ [Emphasis added]
‘“When you come across this and you see someone in danger, my nature is to stop and try to help them,” Allen said.’
Good job, Allen!
7) St. Paul fire captain who championed firefighter safety throughout MN dies at 48
‘A longtime St. Paul fire captain who championed firefighter safety and wellness throughout Minnesota has died unexpectedly, his union announced Friday.
Chris Parsons couldn’t be missed when you saw him — he was over 6 and a half feet tall and “towered amongst his fellow firefighters on the fireground, and his tall stature served him well when he was advocating for the working class at the Capitol,” wrote the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 21, the union representing St. Paul firefighters.
Parsons worked at Station 22 at Front Avenue and Marion Street in the North End. He was hospitalized after having a major medical emergency, following a shift he worked, and died Thursday.’ [Emphasis added]
8) Man dies on Rutherglen street as emergency services race to medical emergency
‘A man has died in Rutherglen after taking unwell on Thursday, June 15.
Emergency services raced to Main Street with the Scottish Ambulance Service calling for Police Scotland's help at around 4.15pm.
Sadly, the man was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin has been informed.’ [Emphasis added]
This is another update on the two men that died during the boating incident — one boater, and one firefighter that had come to help. The article includes pictures of the men, and I think it’s illustrative that they both look pretty damn healthy.
9) Two men who died in boating incident near Bayfield identified
Still no word on causes of death.
‘On Saturday, emergency responders were called to a beach front address around 2:20 p.m. for a boater in distress.
The man had been brought ashore and despite efforts to revive the man, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The victim has now been identified as 32-year-old Cody Bunn of Bluewater.
While assisting with the rescue efforts, a 47-year-old volunteer firefighter experienced a medical emergency and was taken to the Goderich hospital.
John Vanderhaar, also from Bluewater, was pronounced dead in hospital.
OPP say the causes of both their deaths have yet to be determined.’ [Emphasis added]
10) Grand Meadow girl survives medical ordeal
There’s a bright side at the end of this.
This is about a cancer. It’s not a classic medical emergency — although it certainly started that way, and probably wasn’t reported on at the time. It’s the same story we’ve heard so many times before by now — from health to symptoms to finding out your 11-year old girl has a fist-sized cancer tumor in her chest, a tumor of a rare type but with a presentation that was so rare her 30-year oncologist had never seen it even once before in his entire career. Or something approximate to that.
I feel like the look on the doctor’s and patient’s faces says it all. They both have the same grim look that says “I know I should be happy, but…”
‘[They] enjoyed seven days on Maui, where they went whale watching, attended a luau, toured the Road to Hana and spent hours on the beach.’ [Emphasis added]
‘After vacation, the family was looking forward to unpacking and sleeping in their own beds. This plan was interrupted, however, when Izzy started to feel sick during a layover at the Denver airport.’ [Emphasis added]
Where have we heard this before?
‘"Izzy was really pale all of a sudden. I thought she didn’t sleep on the airplane or eat much before, so maybe she was just tired or had low blood sugar."’
Yep. So what was all the fuss? A fist-sized tumor.
‘Dr. Ishitani performed the three-hour surgery to remove the fist-sized mass, which occupied about one-third of her chest.’ [Emphasis added]
‘According to Dr. Ishitani, teratomas in the chest are exceedingly rare, and he had not seen one in his 30 years of practice before caring for Izzy. Most of the time, teratomas develop in the ovaries, testes or tailbone. “The fact that this one is in the chest is unusual,” he says. “This one was slightly attached to the pericardium sack in the middle of the chest, but most of it was sitting right in the center of the chest and pushing the lungs to the side. It was in the thoracic cavity adjacent to the lungs but not invading the lungs.”’ [Emphasis added]
The bright side:
‘A few days after surgery, the pathology reports showed that Izzy’s teratoma was benign and no additional care would be necessary.’ [Emphasis added]
Let’s hope so.
11) Dionne Warwick Cancels Concert Due to Medical Emergency.
‘Fans of Dionne Warwick who were expecting to catch her perform live will have to wait a little longer since she recently had to cancel a gig due to a medical emergency.
The renowned singer informs us that on Thursday, she first noticed a problem with one of her legs, which eventually forced her to postpone her upcoming performance.’ [Emphasis added]
‘The good news is that Dionne claims she is already recovering but needs some time alone to regain strength.’ [Emphasis added]
Dionne is 82 years old.
Adieu.
I see people in various phases of stages of grief, those who understand we are in a genocide are further along. The five stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. There’s no order to them, apparently, though I think they seem to be dependant and step wise, imo.
They just keep on coming....