![Worst Nightmare: Declared Dead, Detroit Woman Clings To Life](https://townsquare.media/site/689/files/2020/08/RS12502_511866577-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Worst Nightmare: Declared Dead, Detroit Woman Clings To Life
This is a nightmare you wouldn't wish on anyone's family. A 20 year old Detroit woman that the Southfield Fire Department paramedics thought they had failed to revive after 30 minutes of frantic efforts, was found to be breathing at the funeral home.
Sunday morning, the paramedics were called to a home where they found the woman unresponsive and in cardiac arrest.
“Given medical readings and the condition of the patient, it was determined at that time that she did not have signs of life,” the department said in an ABC News story. Here's where the story gets complicated.
Click on Detroit says the Oakland County Medical Examiner's office disputes early reports that they had officially declared the woman dead. Their reports says the medics on the scene communicated with a doctor at a nearby local hospital, who actually declared the woman deceased, and it was then the body was released to the funeral home.
The Southfield Fire Department issued a later statement saying they had communicated with the hospital, where the doctor declared the woman had died, then the Fire Department contacted the Oakland County Medical Examiner's Dept. who, based on that information, released the body to the funeral home.
All that is, is those involved doing a CYA move, but on a human level, imagine the nightmare the family, especially the mother of this woman, is going through. The worst part is the mother isn't sure yet, if her daughter will survive. But getting that awful phone call, and the shock and pain of that, and then later getting word that she's still living, but apparently still in pretty bad condition.
![1240 WJIM AM logo](https://townsquare.media/site/667/files/2022/02/attachment-512.jpg?w=100)
KEEP READING: Scroll to see what the big headlines were the year you were born
More From 1240 WJIM AM
![REO Road To Close In Lansing](http://townsquare.media/site/667/files/2020/06/RS26331_GettyImages-838920890-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![FEMA Approves Michigan for Additional $300 in Weekly Unemployment Payments](http://townsquare.media/site/667/files/2020/08/RS2396_122555639-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![11 Year-Old Boy Dies in Sand Dune Collapse in Upper Peninsula](http://townsquare.media/site/84/files/2020/08/RS4204_179072410.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Steve Gruber, Covid cases are on the rise in Michigan once again](http://townsquare.media/site/667/files/2020/08/gettyimages-1227892697-594x594.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Steve Gruber, The exodus of police officers is accelerating all over the country](http://townsquare.media/site/667/files/2020/08/gettyimages-1216239571-594x594.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Biden Admits In His DNC Speech His Party Has Accomplished Nothing](http://townsquare.media/site/656/files/2020/08/A3004A02-5691-40A2-9952-F28B4731F99D.jpeg?w=980&q=75)
![Smoke From California Wildfires Will Be Over Michigan Tonight](http://townsquare.media/site/689/files/2020/08/GettyImages-1267433045.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![State Plays Hard Ball With Virus Control Fines](http://townsquare.media/site/656/files/2020/05/154D8ED5-16DD-4E76-8B1F-CD3125108BCA.jpeg?w=980&q=75)
![There Are 14 Michigan School-Related Coronavirus Outbreaks](http://townsquare.media/site/43/files/2020/08/RS40701_GettyImages-178106824-scr.jpg?w=980&q=75)