HOPE
HOPE IN
HOPE IN ALL OF THIS. >>> ALL MORNING LONG WE'VE BEEN
RECAPPING THE VIOLENT AND
PEACEFUL PROTESTS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. NEW CHARTING DOCUMENTS ARE OUT
WITH INFORMATION ABOUT GEORGE
FLOYD'S DEATH.
FLOYD'S DEATH. THIS INCLUDES A REPORT FROM THE
MEDICAL EXAMINER. OUR HEALTH
EXPERT JOINS US TO GIVE US
PERSPECTIVE ON THIS.
GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE.
BEING HERE. >> GOOD MORNING, LIZ.
>> SO WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE
TIMELINE AND THE MEDICAL
CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING
CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH?
>> WHAT WE KNOW FROM THE
CHARGING DOCUMENTS IS THAT THE
POLICE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE
AROUND EIGHT '08 P.M.
AN X OFFICER PLACED HIS KNEE ON
MR. FLOYD'S NECK. AT 8:19 P.M.
WE KNOW THAT TWO OTHER OFFICERS
ACTUALLY HELD DOWN MR. FLOYD'S
BACK AND NECK.
WE KNOW FROM MEDICAL LITERATURE
THAT WINE ON YOUR.
>>> COMPROMISES YOUR ABILITY TO
BREATHE.
BREATHE.
BREATHE. MR. FLOYD REPEATEDLY SAID, I
CAN'T BREATHE. THERE WAS ALSO
BYSTANDERS THAT NOTED HE HAD
BLOOD COMING OUT OF HIS NOSE,
SUGGESTIVE OF FACIAL TRAUMA.
8:24 P.M., MR. FLOYD WENT
UNRESPONSIVE AND AT 8:25 P.M.,
MR. FLOYD WAS NOTED NOT TO BE
BREATHING OR SPEAKING.
ONE OF THE OFFICERS ACTUALLY
CHECKED AND SAID HE WAS UNABLE
TO LOCATE A PULSE. HOWEVER,
DESPITE BEING UNABLE TO LOCATE
A PULSE, THE POLICE DID NOT
START CPR IN THE MINNEAPOLIS
POLICE ARE TRAINED IN CPR.
WE KNOW THAT THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH IS
TIMELY CPR.
TIMELY CPR. HIS KNEE WAS ON HIS NECK FOR
ANOTHER TWO MINUTES 53 SECONDS
AFTER HE WENT UNRESPONSIVE AND
FINALLY AT
FINALLY AT 8:27 P.M., THE KNEE WAS REMOVED
AND THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED.
AT THAT TIME, MR. FLOYD WAS
FOUND TO BE IN A CARDIAC ARREST
. THE AMBULANCE AND FIRE
FIGHTERS DID A NUMBER OF
MEASURES, INCLUDING PLACING AN
IV AND GIVING THEM FLUIDS,
GIVING THEM MEDICATIONS TO
START HIS HEART, DOING CPR, AND
EVEN DELIVERING A SHOCK TO HIM
TO START HIS HEART.
ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, NONE
OF THOSE MEASURES WERE
SUCCESSFUL.
SUCCESSFUL. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL
HOSPITAL AND AT 9:25 P.M.
HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
TOTAL TIME ON HIS NECK WAS
EIGHT MINUTES 46 SECONDS.
AS I SAID, TWO MINUTES 53
SECONDS WAS WHEN HE WAS
UNRESPONSIVE.
UNRESPONSIVE. >> AS A CARDIOLOGIST, WHAT IS
YOUR INTERPRETATION?
YOUR INTERPRETATION? >> THEY DID SAY THAT HE HAD
HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE AND
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE, WHICH
AS WE KNOW HYPERTENSION IS
COMMON IN YOUNG AFRICAN-
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES, BUT AT
HIS YOUNG AGE OF 46, IT IS
UNLIKELY THESE CONDITIONS IN
AND OF THEMSELVES WOULD HAVE
LED TO HIS DEATH IN THE ABSENCE
OF ANY PRECIPITATING CAUSE,
WHICH I BELIEVE WERE THE
CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS ARREST,
THE PRECIPITATING CAUSE.
THESE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS CAN
MAKE IT MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO
LACK OF OXYGEN AND THAT MAY
HAVE BEEN WHAT HAPPENED.
IN ADDITION, THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER SAID THERE WAS NO SIGNS
OF TRAUMATIC ASPHYXIATION.
THAT SIMPLY MEANS THAT THERE
WAS NO SIGN OF TRAUMA TO THE
TRACHEA OR ANY ANATOMICAL
FINDING.
FINDING.
FINDING. IT DOES NOT SUGGEST HE DIDN'T
DIE DUE TO LACK OF OXYGEN.
>> SO IT STILL POSSIBLE HE
COULD HAVE DIED FROM IS FIXED
VIA.
VIA.
VIA. >>
VIA. >> VERY MUCH SO, YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. >> INTERESTING.
>> INTERESTING. OBVIOUSLY, THIS HAS CAUSED A
NUMBER OF PROTESTS ALL ACROSS
THE COUNTRY HERE IN DENVER, AND
THIS IS ALL HAPPENING DURING A
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC. WE KNOW THE MAYOR WANTS EVERYONE
WHO IS AT THESE PROTESTS TO GET
A COVID-19 TESTS.
I'M ASSUMING YOU HAVE THE SAME
ADVICE FOR PEOPLE.
>> I ABSOLUTELY DO, BUT I WOULD
GIVE A CAVEAT TO THAT.
IF YOU GET THE COVID-19 TEST
TOO SOON AFTER THE PROTEST,
MEANING IF YOU PROTESTED OVER
THE WEEKEND AND GO TODAY, IT
MAY BE FALSELY NEGATIVE BECAUSE
THE VIRUS HAS NOT HAD ENOUGH
TIME TO INCUBATE.
I WOULD SAY GET A TEST EITHER
AT THE ONSET OF SYMPTOMS OR FIVE
DAYS AFTER YOU HAVE PROTESTED.
SO A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE
WEEK WOULD BE A BETTER TIME TO
GET THIS TEST. REMEMBER TO WEAR
THOSE MASKS AND SOCIALLY
DISTANCE AS WELL.
>> THE MAYOR HAD SAID FRIDAY,
SATURDAY, SUNDAY WOULD BE THE
BEST DAYS TO GO TO THE PEPSI
CENTER FOR EVERYONE AT THAT