Opinion ID: 785861
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Heading: The Paramedics' Arrival

Text: 22 It was around this time that paramedics Michael Lovitch and William Walsh arrived. Walsh immediately noticed Mr. Rivas lying face down on the enclosed porch, allegedly moving his head and arms in an effort to resist the police officers who were on top of him. While the paramedics conferred with Rodriguez and Garcia about Mr. Rivas's medical condition, Mr. Rivas suddenly became very still and relaxed. 23 The officers carried Mr. Rivas to an ambulance stretcher waiting on the sidewalk and placed him face-down in the stretcher, but Lovitch and Walsh instructed the officers to turn Mr. Rivas onto his back. When they did so, Lovitch and Walsh discovered that Mr. Rivas was not breathing and had no pulse. They immediately placed Mr. Rivas in the ambulance and began administering advanced life support. En route to the hospital, the paramedics succeeded in reestablishing a pulse and heart rhythm, but they could not get Mr. Rivas to breathe on his own. At 8:20 a.m., Mr. Rivas was pronounced dead.