Mom of 5 died after ketamine injection by a paramedic, family alleges in wrongful death suit
The family of a woman who died four years ago shortly after a paramedic injected her with the powerful sedative ketamine have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the health care worker and the ambulance company.
Jerica LaCour, 29, a Black woman who had been drinking alcohol and walking around in a parking lot in Colorado Springs, Colorado, was lying on the ground and crying uncontrollably when police, firefighters and other emergency personnel arrived the night of Jan. 11, 2018, according to court records.
They were responding to a 911 call about a distressed person trespassing on private property, according to the lawsuit filed last week in El Paso County District Court.
LaCour's family alleges in the lawsuit that Jason Poulson, a paramedic for American Medical Response Ambulance Service, administered 400 milligrams of ketamine to LaCour despite objections from a firefighter who was also an emergency medical technician.
Shortly afterward, LaCour stopped breathing, according to the lawsuit filed on behalf of her and her husband's five preteen children.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/family-mom-5-died-ketamine-injection-paramedic-files-wrongful-death-la-rcna55509
She had already calmed down when they gave her the drug. Paramedics should not be administering ketamine in the field.
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