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(WWJ) The state of Michigan has suspended the licenses of two Southfield paramedics who were on the scene where a woman who was still alive was declared dead.
Making that announcements on Friday, the City of Southfield said the state has also served letters of intent to suspend the licenses of the two EMTs who were also there, last Sunday.
Timesha Beauchamp, 20, opened her eyes in a body bag just before she was about to be embalmed at a Detroit funeral home, a couple of hours after emergency responders said she didn't have a pulse and was not breathing.
All four employees of the Southfield Fire Department who were involved with the case remain on paid administrative leave pending the outcome ongoing investigations.
Southfield Fire Chief Johnny Menifee has said they checked Beauchamp's vital signs on three separate occasions, but each time Beauchamp "didn't show any signs of life."
Menifee said all involved "feel terrible" about what happened, saying it's "unique" and "unsettling" set of circumstances. Although Menifee made cleat he does believe proper protocols were followed, he can't explain how it's possible Beauchamp came back to life.
Hired by the young woman's family, attorney Geoffrey Fieger called the scenario "one of people's worst nightmares." He said precious time was wasted by taking Beauchamp to the funeral home, while she should have been receiving necessary medical treatment.
Beauchamp, who has cerebral palsy and has had frequent trouble breathing, remains in critical conditions on a respirator at Sinai Grace hospital.