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Woman arrested after hitting, punching paramedics

Gina Blackburn began assaulting paramedics both times EMS providers performed a sternum rub to wake her up after she allegedly passed out in a restaurant

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Paramedics performed a sternum rub twice to wake her up.

Photo/ American Medical Response

By EMS1 Staff

WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Paramedics were repeatedly hit and punched while attending to a 52-year-old allegedly intoxicated woman at a Wichita Falls restaurant on Sunday night.

Police were called to Cheddar’s to assist American Medical Response (AMR) paramedics with a woman, Gina Blackburn, who had been unruly and passed out in one of the restaurants booths, according to News Channel 6.

Paramedics performed a sternum rub twice to wake her up. Each time, Blackburn reacted by punching and hitting paramedics. She was arrested and charged with assault of a public servant.

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