Coroner: PA Firefighter Died of COVID Pulmonary Embolisms
Editor's note: Find Firehouse.com's complete coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic here.
The unexpected death of a 28-year-old Scranton firefighter was caused by multiple pulmonary embolisms from COVID-19, Lackawanna County Coroner Tim Rowland announced today.
Stephen Sunday, who died Tuesday, previously tested positive for COVID-19 and was in quarantine at home when he became critically ill and was taken to a hospital, Rowland said.
A pulmonary embolism is a blockage in one of the pulmonary arteries in the lungs.
A firefighter since January, Sunday died at Geisinger Community Medical Center.
___
(c)2020 The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pa.)
Visit The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pa.) at thetimes-tribune.com
Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.