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The 19-year-old continued to assert he was an EMT even after police and Wake County EMS arrived at the scene
Yengi R. Lado, 27, was convicted of a felony count of second-degree grand larceny and was ordered to pay $250,000 in restitution
Cassandra Pena-Romero, 27, was shot outside Metropolitan EMS dispatch center where she worked
Three other children exhibited symptoms of opioid intoxication and were treated with Narcan by first responders on scene
Terrance Trent Darby, 34, allegedly drove the ambulance toward a sheriff’s office captain who was setting up stop sticks to assist with ending the chase
A Metro Atlanta Ambulance Service provider was allegedly struck multiple times and shoved head-first into a cabinet by a patient in the back of the ambulance
Hillsborough County deputies say the EMT got out of his vehicle, walked to the open driver’s side window of the other man’s car and punched him
Lachelle Jordan told police that Michael Stennett often followed her in his personal vehicle while she was on duty, and also waited outside her home
Miguel Nieblas Ontiveros faces charges stemming from a 2022 transport of a 76-year-old fall victim
Chief Joshua Vance said Christopher Lee Linn showed up at scenes, then joined the Wharncliffe VFD on a provisional basis and was not to go on calls
The mother handed the child to Boca Raton Fire Rescue paramedics, who helped him regain a faint pulse before transporting him
“If you assault EMS personnel, you will be arrested, and we will press charges,” said Chuck Kearns, CEO of Chatham Emergency Services
American Medical Response has placed the DeKalb County medic on administrative leave
The EMT bonded out of jail after only 37 minutes. “What kind of message are we sending?” asked Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings.
Officers said that Juan Hernandez “was uncooperative with medical staff” and “was using foul language and making racial slurs”
The suspect was found to possess 20 guns and 4 grams of meth and had been considering stealing the fire truck and ambulance, Rochester police said
”... As frustrated as I’ve ever been on a call, I can’t fathom doing any of these things to a patient,” one commenter wrote
When lots of red flags are waving, assess the patient, provide compassionate care and always take “I can’t breathe” seriously
“When the prosecutor sees and hears compassion, competence and professionalism, even in the face of significant errors being made, it becomes much harder to justify filing criminal charges”
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The EMT said the patient punched and kicked her, leading to his arrest; his family claims his movements were injury symptoms
Crews rushed to move the injured recruits off a live electrical wire downed in the crash and stabilize as many patients as possible
Thomas McCauley will be sentenced to 11 years in prison after wounding EMS provider Richard McMahon in an ambulance, prosecutors say
Officers arrested Amanda E. Emery, who they say struck and intentionally spit on an EMS provider who was trying to render aid
Harold Jaesson Perez is the second Monroe County Fire Rescue Trauma Star program paramedic to be arrested