Arrests
”... 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”
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
Dozens of EMS providers watched from a courtroom gallery as Peter Zisopoulos entered his plea in a video feed from a Bellevue Hospital bed
Boulder Fire-Rescue firefighters were on a medical call when they saw the engine had been moved and ran toward it
Lt. Alison Russo-Elling served New York for 25 years and responded to the 9/11 attack at the World Trade Center
Seven fire trucks, six ambulances and a medical helicopter responded to the incident, and providers transported victims to four area medical centers
A call for a possible overdose turned violent when the patient attacked one of the paramedics prior to transport
Syed, 41, was convicted of murder in 1999, a case made infamous in the popular legal “Serial” podcast
A driver faces multiple charges in the incident that crushed the EMS provider’s leg and caused other injuries
Lynda Jayne Rusinowski was charged with two counts of grand theft of a controlled substance, two counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and two counts of official misconduct
While tending to a patient on scene, Seattle firefighters were attacked by a double amputee who tried to intentionally slam into them with his motorized wheelchair
The man crashed the ambulance, injuring the trapped provider, before fleeing and later stealing a Tanner Fire Department fire truck and crashing it, as well
Clermont Fire Department and EMS responded to a medical call at the home made by the man’s wife and were shot at upon arrival
Boyd County Sheriff’s Office deputies said that the NetCare employee who had been driving the ambulance kept changing his story
When a paramedic attempted to steady the patient, Antwanisha Jones reportedly grabbed the provider’s throat and refused to let go
Mario Artze-Ordiales is accused of defrauding the Broward County Aviation Department through car parking vouchers
In this episode, our co-hosts break down bodycam video from the City of Dallas after a patient died while in police custody during a Dallas Fire-Rescue ambulance transport
No one was hurt in the incident, and the ambulance was found afterward
Northern Lancaster County Regional Police said the first responders were trying to assist her
“Do you want a headbutt?” EMT Nicholas McGowan asked, according to court documents
Polk County Fire Rescue members had restrained the 67-year-old disabled patient on a gurney when Matthew Mullins struck him, police say
Bushkill Emergency Medical Services employees said they left the ambulance parked when they took a patient into Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono
Jordan Shelley had car trouble and was standing outside his vehicle when another vehicle crashed into his and pushed it, hitting Shelley and knocking him off the bridge and into water
The EMT was working on the patient in the Richmond University Medical Center rig while en route when the patient pulled out a gun and shot the EMT in the back
Erie County Sheriff: “This was pure evil. It was straight up racially motivated hate crime from somebody outside of our community.”
Luis Rodriguez was charged with aggravated battery and jailed
Footage from a bystander on scene showed the man refusing to move out of the way of the ambulance and later resisting police officers
Cristian Anthony Stern also serves with the Georgia National Guard
An EMS crew had transported Diana M. Corcorran to a hospital after treating her for a suspected overdose