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What Do First Responders and ER Doctors Do? At around 3 pm on January 22, 2008, Heath Ledger’s housekeeper tried to rouse the actor from bed so that he could meet with his masseuse for an in-home appointment at his Manhattan apartment. The two women found him unconscious. Within 15 minutes of realizing Ledger was unconscious, one of the women called 911. While on the phone, they administered CPR in an attempt to revive him. It was no successful. About seven minutes later, paramedics and first responders arrived at the apartment. By 3:33 pm, the paramedics had tried to revive the actor. It was to no avail. The actor was pronounced dead at 3:36 pm. However,

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