The People VS. Conrad Murray Day 4
Friday, September 30, 2011
, Posted by KizzDaLipz at 7:09 PM
Robert Johnson, an executive with the company that made the the medical device that Dr. Conrad Murray allegedly snapped onto Michael Jackson's finger claims it was the wrong device to monitor MJ.
The pulse oximeter that Murray was using was the wrong model for the job Johnson testified. The device Murray used, the Nonin 9500 pulse oxymeter was "designed for spot checking of vital signs" and was "specifically labeled against continuous monitoring."
The $275 device did not have an audio alarm, requiring someone to constantly keep an eye on the tiny screen, Robert Johnson testified. Murray would have been better equipped with his company's table top version that would cost $1,200, Johnson said.
The model Murray used to monitor MJ had no alarm, so if anything went wrong, Murray wouldn't know.
Dr. Conrad Murray's former patient Robert Russell testified today... he felt like Murray abandoned him when the doctor suddenly closed his Las Vegas practice to care for Michael Jackson.
Russell testified that Murray operated on him twice in March and April 2009 to install several stents in his heart after he suffered a heart attack -- and Russell was pleased with the results.
"He saved my life" Russel told the jury "not only with the medical care but also with the advice that he gave me after surgery"
But Russell claims it went downhill from there -- when Murray canceled two follow-up appointments in June 2009.
Russell claims Murray finally called and left a voicemail at 11:49 AM on June 25th -- about 30 minutes before Alberto Alvarez dialed 911-- explaining he would be leaving the country.
After Murray canceled the appointments, Russell claims he never saw the doctor again. He said he was so upset that he even considered going to court to prevent Murray from leaving the country.
Richard Senneff, a paramedic who answered the 911 call at Michael Jackson's home on the day of the singer's death, told the court during Conrad Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial Friday that the situation "did not seem normal" when he arrived at the scene.
Senneff of the Los Angeles Fire Department, detailed multiple red flags that he noticed on the June 25, 2009 call, including Murray's responses to his questions.
Senneff testified that upon entering Jackson's bedroom room, he was able to see the patient who looked to be extremely underweight. When he asked Murray what Jackson's underlying health issue was, Murray failed to respond the first two times he asked, and eventually responded that there was no underlying issue.
"Simply, that did not add up to me -- doctors in the house, IV pole, IV hooked up to the patient -- it simply did not seem normal" that there would be no underlying condition, Senneff testified.
As expected, Senneff also testified that, when he asked Murray what medications Jackson had been taking, there was no mention of Propofol, which was found to have contributed to the singer's death.
"He said, 'No he's not taking anything,' then he followed that up by saying, 'I just gave him a little bit of Lorazepam to help him sleep," Senneff told the court.
Eventually, Murray told Senneff that he'd been treating Jackson for dehydration and exhaustion.
Senneff also noted that, when he asked when Jackson went down, Murray told him that it had occurred just as he had placed the 911 call -- which gave Senneff the impression that "we had a good chance of saving" Jackson. However, when paramedics hooked up an EKG, he was flatlining, and the drugs paramedics gave Jackson in order to re-start his heart had no effect.
According to Senneff, Murray also told responders that he had felt a pulse in Jackson's right femoral region, though when Senneff checked the heart monitor, it only indicated signs that Jackson had been given CPR.
Senneff also told the court that, the second time that paramedics attempted to administer starter drugs to Jackson, they weren't able to find a vein -- which suggested that blood circulation might have stopped earlier than expected.
Said Senneff of Jackson's condition, "When I first moved the patient, his skin was very cool to the touch and his pupils were dilated."
Senneff further testified that, when he contacted the hospital at UCLA, they were prepared to call time of death at 12:57 p.m., due to the two unsuccessful efforts to resuscitate him with starter drugs. However, Dr. Murray asked to take over responsibilities for the patient and as such, Jackson was still being ventilated as they transported him by ambulance to UCLA medical center.
Asked if he noticed any sign of life in Jackson the entire time he was with him, Senneff replied, "No, I did not."
Martin Blount, the second paramedic who rushed to resuscitate Michael Jackson on June 25th 2009 just took the stand. Blount said when he entered the room he immediately knew that the patient was Michael Jackson. According to Blount's testimony, Murray was in a hectic state as emergency responders arrived in the bedroom.
"He was a little flustered; he was sweating profusely and he was agitated," Blount told the court. He was yelling, "He needs help! Can you help him please?"
Blount described Jackson's eyes as "fixed and dilated" when paramedics arrived.
"I felt he was dead, ma'am," Blount told the prosecutor when asked what he thought of Michael's condition.
Blount also testified that there were three open vials of the anesthetic lidocaine in Michael Jackson's bedroom when they arrived at the scene.
Blount described how the vials were scattered on the floor of the room. He also testified that, when asked by fellow paramedic Richard Senneff about drugs that he administered to Jackson, he made no mention of lidocaine.
Blount also testified that he saw Murray scoop up three of the bottles and put them into a black bag as they prepared to transport Michael to the hospital.
According to Blount, Murray made a phone call in the ambulance as they transported Jackson to the hospital at UCLA.
"It's about Michael, and it doesn't look good," Blount recalled Murray saying.
According to Blount, Murray made a phone call in the ambulance as they transported Jackson to the hospital at UCLA.
"It's about Michael, and it doesn't look good," Blount recalled Murray saying.
The final Witness to take the stand on Friday was Dr. Richelle Cooper, the attending physician at UCLA Medical Center emergency room on the day of Michael Jackson's death, testified that Murray made no mention of Propofol -- which contributed to Jackson's death -- when quizzed about medications that the singer had taken.
Cooper testified that Murray said he had merely given Jackson the anti-anxiety medication Lorazepam -- a two-milligram dose via IV, followed by a second two-milligram dose -- after which Jackson went into arrest.
Asked what medications Murray took regularly, Murray told Cooper that he took the anti-anxiety medication Valium, and Flomax, which treats symptoms related to an enlarged prostate.
According to Cooper, Murray told her that Jackson had no history of cardiac trouble, blood clots or drug use, and hadn't complained of chest pain or exhibited seizure activity. Cooper further told the court that she witnessed no signs of physical trauma on Jackson's body.
Murray told Cooper he had been treating Jackson for dehydration, as he had been working long hours, according to the physician's testimony.
Asked by prosecutors what Jackson's condition was when he arrived at the hospital, Cooper concurred with what emergency responders had testified earlier in the day -- that Jackson was already gone.
"His condition was as described by the paramedics -- he was clinically dead," Cooper testified. "He did not have a pulse … his eyes were fixed and dilated."
Dr. RIchelle Cooper is scheduled to take the stand and resume her testimony on Monday, October 3, 2011 when The People Vs. Dr. Conrad Robert Murray Manslaughter trial resumes.
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