Arizona toddler declared dead found alive in morgue

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 03:32 · Archive

An 18-month-old boy was pronounced dead at an Arizona hospital and found alive in the morgue nearly five hours later.

Vincent Fiordilino, 18 months old, was found floating face-down in a swimming pool at a Super Bowl party. Police performed CPR and paramedics transported him to Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, arriving around 6:04 p.m. on 8 February.

According to documents shared by the family's attorney, a doctor ordered an arterial blood gas test at 6:08 p.m. to check oxygen levels in the blood, but that test was canceled. Labs were collected at 6:11 p.m., and Vincent was pronounced dead at 6:20 p.m. Body-camera footage shows police asking at 6:13 p.m. whether results from the gas test had arrived; staff said they had not. The results did not come in until 6:38 p.m., 18 minutes after he was declared dead. The doctor did not sign his report until the day after Vincent was found alive.

Vincent's mother, Alexus, spoke publicly for the first time nearly eight months later. "I didn't even think stuff like that happened. I thought I lost my baby and he was back," she said. The Arizona Attorney General's Office has not decided whether to review the case. The family's attorney said they will file a complaint against the hospital and doctor.

How it is being reported

• ‘I thought I lost my baby’: Gilbert mother speaks after toddler found alive in morgueA Gilbert mother recounts believing she lost her 18-month-old son as her attorney alleges a key test was canceled and lab results came after he was pronounced dead.KOLD · 21 Oct, 02:32
• ‘I thought I lost my baby’: Gilbert mother speaks after toddler found alive in morgueA Gilbert mother recounts believing she lost her 18-month-old son as her attorney alleges a key test was canceled and lab results came after he was pronounced dead.Azfamily · 21 Oct, 02:32

In this story: Vincent Fiordilino · Alexus · Mercy Gilbert Medical Center · Arizona Attorney General's Office · Gilbert · Arizona

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