Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
Chicago firefighters responded to a report of residents trapped by a fire at approximately 3:15 a.m. in a one-and-a-half story home at 11828 South Perry in West Pullman on the city’s far South Side Wednesday.
One resident jumped from a second floor window and two others evacuated. 79-year-old Jimmy Shearrill, who had difficulty walking, was trapped by the flames on the second floor. Fire officials said it was difficult to reach him because the staircase to the second floor was burned out. Shearrill was conscious when he was removed from the home but died later on the scene.
A Mayday call went out after a firefighter fell through the floor into the basement. He was treated at a local hospital and released.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
#1 by Chuck on June 8, 2018 - 8:57 PM
Dan, it’s entirely possible to go from conscious to dead very quickly. And “conscious” doesn’t necessarily mean awake, alert, and conversing.
#2 by Dan on June 8, 2018 - 2:00 PM
Wayne, I don’t want to play armchair QB, but the trend for the past years is to try and stabilize the patient before going to the hospital instead of just trying to get the patient to the hospital as quickly as possible. While paramedics can do a lot of good things, they are not as good as the hospital’s ER.
#3 by Wayne on June 7, 2018 - 10:30 AM
Either the article misstated what happened or there’s probably a reason for the unusual location of the patient’s death. Armchair quarterbacking based on a news article barely three paragraphs long isn’t doing anyone any good.
#4 by Dan on June 7, 2018 - 1:32 AM
So, if the guy was conscious at the scene and afyer he was rescued, why didn’t the medics do a scoop and go?