Posted on Mar 2, 2024

Aurora paramedic who authorized lethal dose of ketamine for Elijah McClain sentenced to five...

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

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Cichuniec had never forcibly administered ketamine before he decided to knowingly give an unarmed 23-year-old Black massage therapist, who had just struggled with police and was nearly catatonic, an overdose of the sedative.

Aurora paramedic who authorized lethal dose of ketamine for Elijah McClain sentenced to five...

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SFC Terry Stinnett

Posted 9 mo ago

https://www.cpr.org/2023/12/01/colorado-strikes-excited-delirium-as-law-enforcement-diagnosis/

Colorado strikes “excited delirium” from all law enforcement diagnosis, training documents

The move comes as two Aurora paramedics face felony charges for giving Elijah McClain, an unarmed, innocent Black man, an overdose of ketamine, in part, because they believed he was suffering from the condition.

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SFC Terry Stinnett

Posted 9 mo ago

I'm so very saddened by this entirely unnecessary death of Elijah McClain. Having resided there and lived through the initial fallout, now following the trials of the police officers and paramedics, if it could go badly, it did go badly.
There is no medical basis for a 'diagnosis' of "excited delirium"

https://sentinelcolorado.com/metro/aurora-fire-says-mcclain-verdicts-have-prompted-10-of-city-paramedics-to-limit-medical-roles/

Aurora Fire says 10% of city paramedics limit medical roles because of Elijah McClain verdict -...

‘It has not impacted the way we deliver service,’ Chief Alec Oughton said

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SFC Terry Stinnett

Posted 9 mo ago

"In October, [2023] the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) finally distanced itself from a 2009 ACEP-endorsed White Paper that had given medical legitimacy to the term for more than a decade."

https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/excited-delirium-investigation-undetermined/73-d5274d38-6b62-4036-bd6a-7a82fad65419

Undetermined: How a 9NEWS investigation led to the elimination of a controversial term

"Excited delirium" was used to explain more than 200 deaths across the U.S. A 9NEWS investigation prompted a national coroner's group to drop the term.

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