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Vassia Barba

Man pronounced dead by paramedics after cardiac arrest - but he was still BREATHING

Two paramedics have been suspended from treating patients after a man they pronounced dead was later found to be alive.

The medics were dispatched from a fire department in Clearwater, Florida, US, after a report of cardiac arrest from a home in Pinellas County on Wednesday morning.

They found 65-year-old Thomas Maxwell on the floor unresponsive while his daughter, Phebe, was performing CPR on him.

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