WHOA.....I'm still watching cross of Medical Examiner, Dr. Baker. HE JUST SAID....
"FENTANYL CAN CERTAINLY BE A CAUSE OF PULMONARY EDIMA. AS I INDICATED EARLIER IN PREVIOUS QUESTIONS, IT'S CONFOUNDED BY THE FACT THAT MR. FLOYD HAD QUITE A BIT OF CPR AND SO I FIND THE PULMONARY EDEMA MUCH LESS SPECIFIC GIVEN THAT HE SURVIVED AND MADE IT TO THE HOSPITALFOR A PERIOD OF TIME!!!!"
WTH???
Taking blood antemortem would not have happened if he was simply waiting on an official time of death declaration.
Curious about that. It seems he was only being kept alive by artificial means (CPR)....would the blood drawn during that time still be considered 'while he was alive'....then when CPR stopped he was 'officially' pronounced dead? AND, it's weird to me that no one was giving him breaths during CPR. I'm not very knowledgeable about these things but what went on in the ambulance seemed 'off' to me.