     ACCORDING TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RECORDS: ON AUG. 20, 1996 THE DECEASED WAS IN THE AREA OF 2258 NW 20TH STREET WHEN HE SUDDENLY LOST CONSCIOUSNESS, FELL AND STRUCK THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.  UPON RESCUE'S ARRIVAL HE HAD REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS AND WAS VERY COMBATIVE.  HE DENIED ANY PAST MEDICAL HISTORY AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.  HE HAD COMPLAINED OF NAUSEA AND VOMITING AND EXPERIENCED EPIGASTRIC PAIN WITH CONSTANT BURNING THE NIGHT BEFORE.   
     UPON ARRIVAL TO E/R HE WAS ASSESSED WITH A SCALP LACERATION AND A SMALL INTRAPARENCHYMAL BLEED IN LEFT FRONTAL LOBE WHICH WAS REVEALED BY BRAIN CT SCAN.  EKG REVEALED CHANGES CONSISTENT WITH ISCHEMIA.  CHEST X-RAY WAS CONSISTENT WITH CHRONIC INTERSTITIAL MARKINGS.  
     ON AUG. 21, 1996 THE DECEASED DEVELOPED MALIGNANT VENTRICULAR ARRYTHMIAS AND SUSTAINED VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA WITHOUT A PULSE.  HE WAS FURTHER DIAGNOSED WITH AN ANTERIOR WALL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND WAS PLACED ON RESPIRATORY SUPPORT.  HE WAS UNRESPONSIVE.  THE FAMILY WAS ADVISED OF HIS DETERIORATING PROGNOSIS.
     ON AUG. 22, 1996 ANOTHER CT BRAIN SCAN REVEALED A LARGE INTRACEREBRAL BLEED WITH POSSIBLE HERNIATION.  HIS CONDITION WORSENED AND THE FAMILY AGREED THAT NO ARTIFICIAL LIFE SUPPORT BE UNDERTAKEN.  ON AUG. 24, 1996 HE LOST ALL VITAL SIGNS AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 10:32 AM.