Comments on: Conrad Murray Did Not Call 911 for Michael Jackson for 30 Minutes

By: Jesse

Jesse — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:25:57 +0000

First, propofol is a sedating IV medication that is either used by anesthesiologists during procedures or surgeries or in the ICU to sedate patients who resist their “breathing machine”. It is a drug that has to be monitored EXTREMELY close (heart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure) for signs of respiratory depression or bradycardia which can lead to an arrest. Usually patients are on oxygen or a ventilator while getting it. There MUST BE recessitory equipment available e.g. endotracheal tube for intubation (which a doctor must be trained to insert the tube properly), oxygen, defibrillator and well-trained staff. The fact that this doctor used this drug AT ALL in the home is extreme negligence to the degree of a crime in itself, even if it was not the only drug that MJ had in his system when the tox results come back. Also, giving propofol when you know a patient has taken a myriad of other sedatives is even more dangerous. This physician couldn’t even follow the basic cardiac life support guidelines, let alone advanced cardiac life support. SCAREY!!!!

By: Marjorie B.

Marjorie B. — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:10:49 +0000

I agree with Josie Wales. Many of these high paying doctors for the stars are not up-to-date with the new red cross guideline for CPR and think that they are too “knowledgeable” to follow the guidelines.
Michael may still be alive if he had a competent provider with him. It is obvious that the one he had was incompetent, because he panic and had no reversal agent or Narcan with him.
He should be sued or disbared.

Thanks

By: Hollywood Grind

Hollywood Grind — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:01:35 +0000

Josie,

Narcan doesn’t work for non-narcotic drugs like Diprivan.

Diprivan can stop a person from breathing, and when a person stops breathing long enough, and the heart muscle doesn’t get enough oxygen as a result, the heart goes crazy or stops altogether. If the cardiologist would have done only mouth-to-mouth right away, Michael’s heart would not have essentially stopped circulating blood, so there would have been no need for chest compressions. A cardiologist is more than qualified to know what to do if Michael stops breathing.

By: Josie Wales

Josie Wales — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:49:36 +0000

Didn’t anybody bother to look up new red cross guidelines for CPR? More emphasis is on chest compressions than mouth to mouth breathing. Research has proven not much oxygen is really delivered via mouth to mouth method. Chest compressions are so important to circulate blood to the brain. The ratio is 30 compressions to 1 breath. Check it yourself…

As for the cell phone, maybe that day he dropped his or something. Just happens to be the worse day…

Give the guy a break for now. Let’s see what the blood tests come up with.

If Michael Jackson died of a Diprivan overdose, he would have needed IV NARCAN or other reversal agent, not defibrillation. Maybe Michael would have been smarter to hire a private anesthesiologist or yet, private ER doc, not cardiologist for his care. That way, the doctor could reverse his self administered overdoses.

Lesson to be learned from all of this, don’t take drugs, leisure or prescription, lightly. They can kill you.

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:37:57 +0000

He was already gone. Dr didn’t find him until it was too late and made up the stupid story. Probably didn’t monitor him, etc

By: Hansen

Hansen — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:15:33 +0000

“Let him die”?

Why kill the Cash Cow?

And just because someone is a doctor doesn’t mean they are qualified OR quick-thinking…or actually “good” at their profession.

Regardless,even if CPR had been performed in a timely manner,it may or may not have saved him.Don’t rely on hearsay or one side of a story before making a judgement.

C’mon,folks..MJ was a mess and on the road of self-destruction.He was NOT a God or above the frailties of man…he was just a carbon-based life-form like the rest of us.

By: abby

abby — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:56:33 +0000

That Cardo Dr knew exactly what he was doing, and choose to do nothing, He KILLED him and should be charged with his death!!!

By: SarahFromFinland

SarahFromFinland — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:11:51 +0000

The doctor didn’t perform CPR on Michael. He just let him die. That’s what I think.

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I AGREE WITH THAT.

By: mi

mi — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:29:53 +0000

The doctor didn’t perform CPR on Michael. He just let him die. That’s what I think.

By: Jay T

Jay T — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:13:53 +0000

Chernoff is a scumbag. He must think people are idiots to believe a doctor would be dumb enough to take 30 mins to call 911 and conduct CPR on a bed one-handed.

It appears that Conrad Murray let Michael Jackson die. If this is the case, I have no doubt Murray will catch a bullet real soon from an MJ fan.