A medical investigator in Tennessee saved a person’s life Friday after receiving a call about a dead body, according to WVLT.
Kenzie Sellers, a medicolegal death investigator, was called to a Knoxville home around 1:30 p.m. Friday, WVLT reported. When Sellers arrived, she realized the individual was not dead and performed life-saving procedures, including administering multiple doses of Narcan.
Chris Thomas, chief administrative officer at the Knox County Regional Forensics Center, described the situation to WVLT.
“[Sellers] was met by the other agencies that were there at the scene, and then she went to the individual and started performing her external examination, and when she started her examination, she noticed that the signs were not consistent with death. She noticed a twitch, and she jumped into action.”
“Kenzie administered several doses of Narcan to the individual, and then the pulse and sounds of life came back. Kenzie stayed with them and kept administering first aid until emergency services were able to arrive back on the scene. [The individual] was in stable condition,” he explained.
Thomas also spoke with WBIR, telling the outlet Sellers previously served as a correctional officer until she was hired by the regional forensics center last September. The center reacted to the incident, indicating “[it] is not something that occurs in the daily routine of a death investigator.”
Multiple employees from the Knoxville Fire Department have been put on administrative leave following the incident, the outlet reported on July 26. According to the outlet, a woman showed up at a fire station to report what she believed to be a suicide. (RELATED: ‘Quaker’ Man Charged For Allegedly Assaulting Officer At Anti-ICE Protest In Portland)
Officials responded to a home on Rondo Road, where they pronounced the victim dead. Sellers then responded to the call and discovered the individual was alive, the outlet indicated.
An investigation into the incident is underway, according to WBIR.