A Bexar County Detainee Dies-5
After the nurse found Ed Penix unresponsive in the infirmary at Bexar County Jail and initiated a Code 1 Blue, she immediately began administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). When personnel with the San Antonio Fire Department arrived, they continued the lifesaving measures. The medical director at the jail pronounced Mr. Penix deceased at 3:30 a.m. on October 10, 2023.
A Bexar County Jail Detainee Dies of Sepsis
A 47-year-old detainee at Bexar County Jail did not exhibit medical problems when he went through intake on June 25, 2022, per the custodial death report (CDR). There is no information about what happened between the date of entry into the San Antonio, Texas, jail and his death on December 5, 2022. It does indicate that the decedent received no treatment at the jail for the medical condition that caused his death.
We know that on December 4, 2022, at about 8:15 p.m., a medical emergency was initiated for the detainee because he was having difficulty breathing. He was transferred to the University Hospital Emergency Room (UHER) because the level of emergency the detainee was experiencing required a higher level of care. Hours later, at 2:08 a.m. on December 5, personnel at UHER initiated a medical emergency. Lifesaving measures were administered. Nineteen minutes later, a physician at the hospital deemed the effort unsuccessful. He pronounced the Bexar County Jail detainee deceased at 2:27 a.m.
An autopsy was performed and the medical cause of death was determined to be sepsis as well as periorbital cellulitis, periocular hemorrhage, swelling, and discoloration.
Learn more in Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 of this five-part series.
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