Comments by "B Bodziak" (@B_Bodziak) on "Texas Man TASED 6X In An Ambulance Files Lawsuit Against Cops | Roland Martin Unfiltered EXCLUSIVE" video.
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"Possible Seizure" is the 3rd highest in number of calls for ambulances. So, both EMTs AND the officers are taught to recognize the signs of a seizure, and that's on top of being told the 911 call was for someone having a seizure.
He was still unconscious when they arrived, indicating he had a prolonged seizure, and it's very common for people coming out of a seizure, esp a prolonged one, to resist being kept still. For me and from several others I've met, the urge to jump up is very strong and feels like an instinctual, fight-or-flight response. Officers should know this, and EMTs are required to know it. I cannot believe that there were 7-10 people who interacted with him, but only one treated him like he was having the medical emergency he was indeed having: The Burger King employee.
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Cops and EMTs are both trained to recognize a seizure and if the officers didn't know, the EMTs would definitely know that erratic physical behavior and resisting being still is a very common occurrence when someone is coming out of a seizure, even more common after a prolonged seizure like this man had. It had to, at the very least, last 8-10 minutes if it initially started at the drive-thru window and he was still unresponsive when put in the ambulance. I heard one cop say afterwards, "I told you he was high (or intoxicated.". That means he had to have said it before he regained consciousness. That officer had predetermined that this man wasn't having a seizure even though the 911 call was literally for a seizure, He had not yet even heard this man speak a single word or take a single step before determining he had to be on drugs. Do you think he would have jumped to that conclusion of it had been a 40 year old white man? Would he have decided the 911 call for a seizure was wrong and this 40yo white man was high even though he was unconscious? They could have literally killed him. I still can't get over no officers nor EMT spoke up even about taking someone out of an ambulance who moments ago, it was determined he needed to be headed to the ER, and 4 minutes later after being tased several times, he suddenly didn't need to be seen in the ER but he needed to be arrested and taken to jail. Of course, they couldn't resist tasing one more time after they dragged to the squad car, fully handcuffed. I just don't buy that 4-5 grown men, could not get a man's wrists handcuffed without deploying FIVE taser. I think some of them are itching to use their tasers b/c they are rarely fired or even punished for using their tasers. Using their gun requires a lot more to answer to. The one who tased him was also the one who said, "I told you he was high.". I don't recall him even saying he had his taser out and on the man before he used it. the first time. I doubt any would, but he didn't give any of the other officers a chance to speak up against using it.
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I had a seizure and when I came to in the ICU, I fought with the nurses and kept trying to grab the ventilator's big tube out of my mouth. They ended up putting plastic mittens on my hands, but as soon as the room nurse turned her back away, I grabbed at the vent tube and IVs. They finally strapped my arms to the bed -- at the time, my legs were temporarily paralyzed from the injury caused during the seizure) I had no idea where I was or what was happening for quite a while. I remember going in and out of consciousness, and even though I've never neen a fighter -- I don't even raise my voice when I get angry. I cannot believe neither of those paramedics even questioned why he was being removed from the ambulance. They would have been aware that the 911 call was for someone having a seizure and since "possible seizure" is the 3rd highest reason for ambulance calls, they would have been trained to easily recognize the symptoms, including the possibility of the patient being resistant when regaining consciousness. Resistance to remaining still is very prevalent in seizure of longer durations, and this man's was an extended seizure as he was still unconscious when they arrived and it started while he at drive-thru window. I cannot wrap my head around putting someone unconscious into an ambulance, tasing hm FIVE times and thinking that instead of going on to the hospital, it'd be better to take and book him into jail ... But, not before giving him one last taser for a total of SIX.
It's quite telling that out of everyone professional that interacted with him, only the Burger King employee did the right thing.
Wow. Just wow.
With my seizure, I spent 15 days in the hospital, and I made a point to tell every doc and nurse I encountered during my admission, that they need a policy to tell every patient who regains consciousness in the hospital should IMMEDIATELY be informed of where they are and, if possible, to tell the patient briefly how they got there. I also wrote e-mails to the administration with this suggestion.
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