	ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: THE DECEASED WAS 
AN ELDERLY MALE WHO WAS RETIRED AND LIVED AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS. ON SUNDAY, JULY 28, 1996, HE SUFFERED SEVERAL SYNCOPAL EPISODES AND DID NOT RETURN TO HIS NORMAL SELF, FAMILY MEMBER CALLED EMERGENCY RESCUE UNITS.  UPON THEIR ARRIVAL HE WAS 
VERY WEAK AND SHORT OF BREATH. RESCUE PERSONNEL INITIATED RESUSCITATIVE MEASURES AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL. 
	UPON ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL HE WAS AWAKE BUT DID NOT SPEAK, 
MODERATELY DEHYDRATED, IN  RESPIRATORY DISTRESS. HIS BLOOD PRESSURE WAS 68/44, PULSE 93, RESPIRATIONS 33. HIS HEART RATE WENT TO A SLOW VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA. FAMILY REQUESTED NO MEDICAL INTERVENTION OR HEROICS, HE EXPIRED AT 10:00 PM. PAST MEDICAL HISTORY OF TREATMENT AT C.A.C. MEDICAL CENTER FOR ARRHYTHMIAS, SYNCOPE, CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE.     	
