Police
An EMT’s attack of a restrained patient is a reminder for all leaders to discuss response to provocations and consider body-worn cameras to capture the EMS point-of-view
Officials have reported explosive devices have been found on and near the scene
Discuss these ambulance crash characteristics with your department’s emergency vehicle operators
The threats led to brief evacuations of five EMS stations in Manhattan; police responded to similar threats at two EMS stations in the Bronx
Police said the three suspects fled the scene of an attempted homicide in a different county prior to murdering Christopher Allen Randazzo in Broward County
An LAPD sergeant accused EMT Roryce Dirden of assaulting a patient; body-cam footage determined Dirden was acting within the parameters of his job
The Broward Sheriff’s Office has not yet identified the suspects arrested or given a motive
The 18-month-old was not breathing and unresponsive after choking on a goldfish cracker
Responders credited the 6-year-old boy’s father for using his belt to make a tourniquet around his son’s injured leg
The suspect driving the ambulance hit a stroller carrying two 7-month-old twins, who were taken to a hospital with minor injuries
“Mayor de Blasio, you need to do more to protect the men and women who protect and serve this city,” said EMS Union Local 2507 president Oren Barzilay
The victim told officers he used the vehicle to escape the home, where he said he was tortured and kept in a dog cage
Sharon Gess, 48, was the director of both the ER and ambulance service at East Alabama Medical Center
Witnesses told police the man threw the paramedic against the wall of an ambulance while he was being transported to the hospital
The vehicles were responding to a call of a person shot when they collided
Thomas Wright broke free from the gurney restraint, bit the EMT and knocked him to the ground, then began stomping on his head
A Florida volunteer fire department has since been shut down pending an investigation into the incident
Karim Murdoch is accused of causing damage to six vehicles at Station 15 hours before the arrest
Police said the attack arose from a dispute among a group of teenagers
The paramedic made a comment in regard to a Dallas police officer who was recently sentenced to prison for the shooting death of a man
The boys were charged with one felony count of aggravated assault to EMS personnel and one misdemeanor count of possessing replica firearms
Norman Devasure, 65, told officers he had consumed two large drinks of whiskey before an NFL game
Austin-Travis County EMS and the Austin Police Department rolled out specific call codes to help police get to them quickly in an emergency
Sheriffs found that there was no medical equipment inside the ambulance and that Levi Weinthraub was not an EMT
EMT Jimmy Robinson was arrested for threatening teenagers who were playing pranks in his neighborhood
A patient being transported for mental health issues assaulted the treating provider, forcing the medic driving the rig to stop, enabling the patient to steal the ambulance
The County Sheriff’s department later arrested William Swagger after he jumped out of a moving ambulance to escape
NYPD officials flagged an anonymous threat against FDNY EMTs in the Rockaways area, prompting officers to escort emergency crews responding to calls
The police department says the wounded man was taken to a hospital
Springfield police opened an investigation into Edward Blake, 43, after a woman filed a report against him for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting her
The homeless man allegedly took the ambulance because he wanted a ride to the hospital
Richard Thornton became uncooperative on the way to the hospital, took a knife from his rear pants pocket and tried to stab the medics
FDNY EMS personnel crowded City Hall demanding equal pay to other uniformed public safety services
