Paramedic Martin Blount testifies - Day 4 -

The second paramedic who rushed to resuscitate Michael Jackson on June 25th 2009 testified he too thought Michael was already dead when they arrived at the scene.

Blount said the IV stand had bags containing "normal saline" because MJ was "dehydrated" after a 16-hour rehearsal the night before.

Deputy District Attorney Deborah Brazil asked Blount, who drove the ambulance, about his initial assessment of Jackson's condition when he arrived.

"I felt he was dead, ma'am," Blount said.

Senneff, another paramedic, had testified he saw Murray clearing out some vials after Michael Jackson was loaded onto the ambulance, but Blount says he saw Murray scooping up Lidocaine bottles into a black bag even before the singer was taken out of the room.

Paramedic Blount recalled Murray saying Jackson was "down" just one minute before their arrival.

At one point, Murray told paramedics he felt a pulse in Jackson's upper right leg, but their heart monitor showed no rhythm, Senneff said.

A doctor communicating by radio with the paramedics recommended at 12:57 p.m., a half hour after they arrived, that they cease efforts to revive Jackson and declare him dead, according to a recording of the radio traffic played in court.

MJFS - sources: tmz / cnn