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3 Texas medics suspended over drug administration

The patient deaths have not been linked to the drug administration; the medics were disciplined for not seeking doctor permission

By Dillon Collier
KENS 5

SAN ANTONIO — Three San Antonio Fire Department paramedics were suspended after an internal investigation revealed a powerful sedative was misused on patients in three separate incidents.

The incidents took place from May 2013 to November 2013, according to SAFD suspension paperwork released to the I-Team.

In all three cases, a paramedic administered the drug Versed without contacting the on-call medical director. Two patients, both of whom already had serious health problems, died two days after receiving the drug.

Read the full story: Paramedic problems: Three suspended over misues of sedative on patients