     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION, THE DECEASED REPORTEDLY WAS AN ASTHMATIC THAT ON AUGUST 24, 1996, AT ABOUT 3:28  PM.,  WAS  AT HOME WHEN SHE SUFFERED AN ASTHMA ATTACK, THEN  COLLAPSED.  FIRE RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND UPON ARRIVAL FOUND THE DECEASED WITH NO VITAL SIGNS IN SINUS BRADYCARDIA.   CPR WAS INITIATED AND SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE WAS ADMITTED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT 4:02 PM., ON THUMPER, PULSELESS, WITH NO SPONTANEOUS RESPIRATION.  DESPITE  RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS, SHE EXPIRED AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 4:23 PM.
 
     SHE HAS A PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF ASTHMA.  MEDS: THEODUR, VENTOLIN INHALER, OXYGEN, METAPROTERNOL INHALER.
     
     JMH PATIENT # 248-69-45.  WAS LAST SEEN AT JMH-E.R. ON APRIL 11, 1996 FOR ASTHMA EXACERBATION.  LAST ADMISSION ON  JULY 27, 1996 TO AUGUST 2,1996. FINAL DIAGNOSIS: ASTMA EXACERBATION. LACTIC ACIDOSIS, MOST LIKELY SECONDARY TO HYPOXEMIA. MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION RULED OUT.  LEFT VENTRICULAR ANEURYSM. DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY, STATUS POST CARDIAC CATHERIZATION.           