The first paramedic to reach a dying Michael Jackson testified today that didn’t he recognize the pop star, who was so pale and emaciated, the rescuer assumed he was a terminally ill hospice patient.

LA fire paramedic Richard Senneff, the first witness in the Jackson’s family in a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against concert promoters AEG, told jurors The Gloved One seemed so far gone, he asked if there was a DNR – do not resuscitate – order.

Senneff, called to Jackson’s rented mansion on June 25, 2009, described seeing an IV pole and bag by the patient’s bed.

Senneff also said he met Dr. Conrad Murray at the scene. Murray has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter for giving Jackson deadly doses of anesthetics.

Murray identified himself to Senneff as Jackson’s “personal physician,” according to the paramedic.

“Even for Bel Air, a personal physician is unusual,” Senneff testified.

The words “personal physician” could play slightly in favor of AEG defense lawyers, who want to show that Murray was under Jackson’s control

The plaintiffs claim AEG should be held accountable for allegedly hiring Murray.

Mom Katherine Jackson and brother Randy Jackson arrived in court this morning, for the first day of testimony.

Senneff testified that Murray was less than truthful as paramedics struggled to revive Jackson with CPR.

Murray said he had been treating Jackson for dehydration.

” `When did this (cardiac arrest) happen?’ ” Senneff said he asked.

Murray, according to Senneff, replied: “Just now.”

But Senneff said Jackson had no pulse, his pupils were fully dilated and his eyes were dry.

“To us it didn’t make sense that it had just happened,” the paramedic told jurors. “His skin was very cool to the touch.”

Senneff also described how he returned to the upstairs bedroom to retrieve some equipment after they had loaded Jackson into the ambulance.

That’s where he spotted Murray picking up items putting them into a white plastic bag.

“He looked like a deer in the headlights,” Senneff said.

Murray never told the EMTs that he had administered the powerful anesthetic propofol, and family lawyer Brian Panish is expected to show that the doctor was trying to hide that evidence.