What a long, strange year it’s been, at least in the world of EMS videos. In this look back at the past year on ParamedicTV we find some very entertaining, and strange, stuff.
The most popular clip of the year, by a landslide, was the infamous ‘Shotgun wedding, Taser reception’, in which cops and medics are called out to a less than blissful post-wedding party. The second most popular clip of the year, ‘How NOT to lift a stretcher’, shows a medic in need of a little more training on his patient handling technique.
Check out the full list of clips below — it’s a funny, and sometimes scary bunch of videos, from ambulance crashes to drug freakouts. And if we left out one of your favorites, please put a link in the comments below.
 | Shotgun wedding, Taser reception A wedding reception turns into a melee after an ambulance and police are called in. |
 | This medic needs a little work on his patient handling technique. |
 | Hospital gets new air ambulance St. Luke’s Hospital in Boise hopes to save more lives and give better service to their emergency patients. |
 | Would you use an iPhone ECG app? The AliveCor iPhone ECG app hasn’t been cleared yet for sale as a medical device, but holds promise as a piece of mobile EMS technology. |
 | This CCTV clip shows an ambulance crash in Russia in a busy intersection.
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 | Watch from the daschcam as an SUV swerves right into the path of an ambulance during a rainstorm.
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 | Firefighter-medic vs. Drug seeker This video parodies an all-too-common phenomenon among medics: the drug seeker who calls 911.
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 | Bath salts have dominated the news lately, but another legal drug — salvia divinorum — can be just as dangerous to users, as this video shows.
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 | Meth addict patient with severe burn A meth addict with horrible burns elicits a shocked response from a paramedic.
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 | Car thief flips stolen ambulance A joyriding car thief flips this stolen ambulance during a high-speed chase.
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