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Arrest reveals strain in Md. EMT staff

Man accused of impersonation

By JUSTIN FENTON
Baltimore Sun (Maryland)

Feeling faint, Jose Cintron called 911 last month. Two emergency responders soon arrived at his Joppa home.

One of them — a polite young man, Cintron recalls — knelt down and checked his blood pressure and blood oxygen level.

“No one ever checks my oxygen,” said Cintron, 67, who has experienced episodes of low blood pressure and shortness of breath since being hospitalized for pneumonia in 2004. “He said, ‘I’m not a doctor, so you should check with a doctor.’”

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