Animal Attacks
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Bizarre crimes, angry animals, a prank gone wrong, and more - these are the most mind-boggling EMS stories from the past year
Here’s a fire and EMS look at how personnel from the Cincinnati Fire Department handled the rescue call for a 3-year-old trapped in a gorilla exhibit
With a partly crushed skull and a broken jaw, J.C. La Verde kept swimming until he reached safety
The injured Pa. woman was transported to a Wyo. hospital
Members of the Lake County Rescue Squad and other agencies were trying to get the victims into an ambulance when the camel reappeared
The patient required 44 vials of anti-venom as a result of the bite from a Gaboon Viper, one of the deadliest snakes in the world
Bodega Volunteer Fire Department Paramedics Jonathan Bauer and Timothy Saluzzo said the makeshift tourniquet may have saved the surfer’s leg
Rescuers carried the badly bleeding man a quarter mile through swamp and brush to an ambulance
Four people were transported to the hospital, two of whom were in critical condition
First responders went through the swarm to aid the patients and protect the surviving victim
Leonard Shoulders, 33, was at a bus stop when he was suddenly swallowed by a sinkhole that opened underneath him, leaving him injured and swarmed by rats
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Monroe Community Ambulance paramedics presented Wyatt Musulin with a “Live Saving Award” for taking the proper steps to aid his injured mother
Tavares Fire Department Lt. Carsten Kieffer said a fellow paramedic on the boat used his belt as a tourniquet
Firefighters warded off the bees by dousing them with water
The helicopter’s siren was used to scare away an angry cow that was chasing two injured people
Firefighter-Paramedic Peter Joyce captured the incident on a GoPro fitted to his chest
The woman said she suffered cuts and bites to her hands and called 911 in tears after struggling with the fox and sealing it in a pot
Firefighters said they had never seen so many bees in one location
James Boyce feared he would bleed out after the gator attack, but a rescue helicopter and good Samaritans in a buggy managed to transport him to safety
The lawsuit claims dispatchers failed to send help, even though 13 seconds into the call, the 911 system pinged Brian Wing’s location
When Sasha Pchelenkov, 8, saw his mother trying to get a large dog off of his 2-year-old brother, Misha Moore, he immediately jumped into action
Officer Arcangelo Liberatore had just finished a run when he saw a “mass of fur and bodies” and jumped into action to save the 5-year-old girl
One student was stung about 13 times; a beekeeper was called to diffuse the situation
Jacob Brooks was left by his mother in an enclosed trampoline in the backyard of the southeast El Paso home, where there were four dogs, according to police
The man was underwater in a pond when he felt a bite on his left arm
The woman was sweeping the alley behind her house when the neighbor’s dogs got loose and attacked her
Karen Osborne, 63, was taken to a hospital with a broken arm, cuts and puncture wounds
The 55-year-old man used his cellphone to report the attack and was taken to a hospital for treatment
He was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening bites to his head, shoulder and wrist
Off-duty paramedic and bystanders rescue surfer attacked by sharks
The 31-year-old says “It’s been a rough four years”