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Paramedic recounts devasting injuries and life-saving steps after Oct. 13 crash
Summary
A San Antonio paramedic testified he found Jose Fernandez unresponsive with a depressed skull injury and assisted ventilations en route to University Hospital; he described GCS 3 and life-saving airway and IV measures, saying Fernandez had a pulse but required full respiratory support.
Kenneth Martin, a paramedic with the San Antonio Fire Department, told jurors he was dispatched to a motor-vehicle collision at 5 Palms and Military on Oct. 13, 2023, and found first responders working on the patient later identified in his report as Jose Fernandez. "When we got there, the fire crew already had the patient outside of the vehicle," Martin said.
Martin described Fernandez as unresponsive at the…
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