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Death blamed on 911 flaws
Father's death is blamed on 911 flaws
Fire Department defibrillator did not reach scene in Kenner
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
By Mary Swerczek
Kenner bureau
David Letellier Sr. died of a heart attack recently, but his daughter believes it wasn't just her father's heart that failed him. She thinks the Kenner 911 system is also to blame.
Letellier collapsed in the yard of his Kenner home, less than a block from a Kenner fire station and its portable defibrillator. Police arrived immediately and an ambulance also was dispatched. But the Fire Department was not called.
"My dad's dead because the Kenner 911 system failed him," said Marie Scavo, a nurse, who pleaded recently with the Kenner City Council for help. "Something happened that's terribly wrong here."
Around 2:30 p.m. on March 4, Scavo's mother saw her husband, a retired Jefferson Parish fire captain, collapse. She called 911 immediately. The emergency operator alerted the Police Department and, in turn, East Jefferson General Hospital Emergency Medical Services.
"I can only tell you that we didn't get a call," said Fire Chief Mike Zito. "We did not get that call."
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Father's death is blamed on 911 flaws
Fire Department defibrillator did not reach scene in Kenner
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
By Mary Swerczek
Kenner bureau
David Letellier Sr. died of a heart attack recently, but his daughter believes it wasn't just her father's heart that failed him. She thinks the Kenner 911 system is also to blame.
Letellier collapsed in the yard of his Kenner home, less than a block from a Kenner fire station and its portable defibrillator. Police arrived immediately and an ambulance also was dispatched. But the Fire Department was not called.
"My dad's dead because the Kenner 911 system failed him," said Marie Scavo, a nurse, who pleaded recently with the Kenner City Council for help. "Something happened that's terribly wrong here."
Around 2:30 p.m. on March 4, Scavo's mother saw her husband, a retired Jefferson Parish fire captain, collapse. She called 911 immediately. The emergency operator alerted the Police Department and, in turn, East Jefferson General Hospital Emergency Medical Services.
"I can only tell you that we didn't get a call," said Fire Chief Mike Zito. "We did not get that call."
Read more here...