Paramedics in Illinois charged with murder after patient dies

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https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/13/us/illinois-paramedics-charged-patient-dies/index.html

Paramedics in Illinois charged with murder after patient dies

By Andi Babineau, CNN
Updated 3:27 PM EST, Sat January 14, 2023

CNN
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Two paramedics in Illinois are facing murder charges after a patient died of positional asphyxiation shortly after he was taken to a hospital in December, court documents say.

Peggy Finley, 44, and Peter Cadigan, 50, responded to a home in Springfield on December 18 after police requested medical assistance for a 911 caller who “was suffering hallucinations due to alcohol withdrawal,” according to a news release from the Springfield Police Department.

Body camera footage released by police shows Finley entering the home’s rear bedroom as one of the officers briefs her on the patient, Earl L. Moore, Jr.

Finley is heard yelling at Moore to get up and walk out to the ambulance. “You’re gonna have to walk ‘cause we ain’t carrying you!” she says. “I am seriously not in the mood for this dumb sh*t.”

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[cyclonefence]

1. The tone of that EMT

exactly mirrors the guys who came for me when I went to the hospital for covid. I wonder how widespread this problem is.

[SheltieLover]

3. Omg!

So sorry you were subjected to such abuse!

Good question about how wide spread this problem is!

[2naSalit]

4. Wider than we'd like to think.

[SheltieLover]

2. Horrible people!

I hope they get max sentences & that this victim's family sues & wins big!

[multigraincracker]

5. This would make a great training film.

Then a reminder that they are charged with fist degree murder.

[live love laugh]

6. And they had a stretcher! Outside!!!

[ShazzieB]

7. I don't know much about paramedics or best practices for such.

But aren't they supposed to monitor the vital signs of a person being transported? If so, these two were negligent in multiple ways.

I'm sure it's no fun to deal with a detoxing drunk who may be hallucinating and whatever else, but alcoholism IS a disease, and their job is to safely transport sick people to a medical facility.

I would say, "If you don't want to do all aspects of your job properly, find a different line of work." But that advice would be too late for this pair.

[raising2moredems]

8. Truly appalling and a crime....

I want to know why the cops allowed them to strap him face down? All need to be removed from their jobs.