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• Paramedic resigns after nude coworker photo incident

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  Reports said paramedic Amy Sherlock had acquired nude photos of co-workers and planned to use them as "insurance" in case she ever needed to get out of trouble

• Paramedic accused of keeping nude photos of employees for blackmail

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  Amy Sherlock allegedly admitted that she had photos of four of her colleagues, and her coworker claimed she said they were for “insurance”

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• 2 Ohio responders suspended for taking, distributing photos of patients

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  Mike McConnell was suspended for four days for taking a photo and video of a patient in 2016, and Kevin Murphy was suspended for 10 days for distributing them

• Fla. firefighter-paramedic arrested for DUI: 'I will watch you die'

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  Michael Ovdiyenko allegedly cursed a deputy while he was being arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, saying he would not help the cop if he was shot

• Paramedic accused of choking woman threatening to die by suicide

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  Body camera footage allegedly shows paramedic Raymond Lee choking an agitated patient while transporting her to a mental health facility

• Tenn. paramedic accused of purposely hurting patient, bragging on Facebook

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  Gordon Stokes is accused of intentionally drilling into an overdose patient’s bone without anesthesia and then calling it a “teachable moment”

• NC EMS agency releases details on Hurricane Florence misconduct incident

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  Gaston EMS released a list of violations that took place when a crew was sent to aid in hurricane relief, resulting in terminations and suspensions

• Wash. health dept. investigating 9 responders in 'tube check' incident

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  Though an investigation said 11 department members admitted to intubating a deceased patient, only nine of them were actually credentialed healthcare providers

• Investigation reveals fire dept. staff trained on newly deceased person

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  Officials said several department members practiced multiple intubations on a body that was awaiting transport to a funeral home

• Former EMS employee claims agency misuses public funds

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  Melissa Hall claims she was fired after reporting to officials that "she was asked to do things she believed in good faith to be unethical and unlawful"

• Fatigued paramedics under investigation after refusing to work overtime

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  The two Australian paramedics refused to take on an “extensive transfer” because they were concerned about their level of exhaustion

• EMTs terminated after racist comments toward Native Americans

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  The comments were made in reference to a photo of a Native American teen wearing a T-shirt with the wording “No one is illegal on stolen land”

• FDNY EMT arrested for threatening colleague with ‘rusty spoon’

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  “I will stab you with a rusty spoon if you sleep in my bed,” Richard Cuccurullo allegedly said in a Facebook post

• EMS provider under fire for Facebook post about deceased patient

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  The post mentioned a patient who died after suffering a heart attack in a backyard chicken coop

• Body cam video shows EMT punching restrained teen patient

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  EMT Deannah Williams can be seen screaming expletives and repeatedly punching the 17-year-old patient in the face

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