McClain Trial: Paramedics Charged Over Ketamine Death

The final trial in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain is set to begin, with jurors deciding if two paramedics committed a crime by administering an overdose of ketamine. The trial is expected to explore rare legal territory as medical first responders facing criminal charges is uncommon. The coroner’s report in 2021 found that McClain died from complications of ketamine administration following forcible restraint, bringing increased scrutiny to the use of ketamine by police and paramedics.