Assault
Prevent and survive an attack by pre-planning your fight or flight response
Chris and Kelly tackle public access defibrillation and EMT safety
A Maryland paramedic recounts a patient assault, and the emergency services director and police chief detail legal options
While the woman was in an ambulance, she punched two EMS crew members in the face and kicked them in the chest, according to her arrest citation
Dallas Fire-Rescue Paramedic Brad Cox won an appeal of his termination based on self-defense
A suspected intoxicated driver fought with Bethlehem Township EMS personnel, law enforcement officers in the back of an ambulance
A patient stabbed a Mount Sinai EMT several times in the leg, chest and arm
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
Firefighters said they have been threatened with pipes and broken mops, hit with rocks and physically obstructed from administering care or responding to a fire
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
Universal Ambulance Services “began an investigation immediately,” said General Manager Duncan Walker
EMSA crewmembers did not speak to the woman before the assault
“It is a relief to finally have justice,” said Oren Barzilay, president of FDNY EMS Local 2507
Miguel Nieblas Ontiveros faces charges stemming from a 2022 transport of a 76-year-old fall victim
The DT4EMS owner talks dangerous encounters, personal defense and when to abandon the scene
