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EMS doesn’t choose people — it prioritizes patients based on risk, access and the realities of an unstable scene
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TEMS medics need to be in top physical condition to respond with and care for SWAT officers
The Austin Public Safety Commission unanimously voted to fully staff the 911 center, which means reducing the number of new police officer hires
The 19-year-old told police he fainted in the 10 seconds it would take to get through; four including him were injured and he faces criminal charges
The way he was suspended by the seat belt, he appeared to be suffering from positional asphyxia; I wedged myself underneath him and was able to lift him up so he wasn’t hanging on his vest
Chas K. Weaver, 18, of Daphne, was arrested after police posted photos from the video footage on Facebook, and they got hundreds of shares
The man also jumped on and off a moving fire truck; officers responded and yelled at him to drop the knife, then shot through an open window as he approached the cruiser
Police say she was drunk and speeding when her car crossed the center line
He is back to facing a felony charge for nonfatally strangling his girlfriend after a district court dismissed the charge earlier this month
He still plans to seek a judge seat after a secretly recorded tape of him was released to local news stations
Brooklyn EMT Joseph Meyer, 25, was released without bail to his mother, a NYPD lieutenant and his father, a FDNY lieutenant
She broke into a fire station and told authorities she needed to get to the hospital as soon as possible
The neighbor said she quit her job and gave up gardening because of his actions
The Pa. woman got into the building by saying she was EMS; the person who buzzed her in got suspicious when there was no ambulance outside
He was hitting and kicking for a good 15 minutes; she and her partner called for police three times and got no response
He “smacked one medic in the buttocks and grabbed her breast” and was “inside the ambulance tearing it up”
A four-month-old baby girl died of respiratory arrest after agents held up the ambulance for 30 minutes in search for drugs that were never found
He’s accused of beating him to the point where the baby is fighting for his life; he is a certified EMT who was undergoing testing for a position in Detroit
A gray pickup truck ran a red light and slammed into the ambulance at 4 a.m., then broke down after it sped away
His 2-month-old son stopped breathing, and was dead by the time he carried him into the hospital
The man ran from police investigating a stolen car; an ambulance eventually stopped him and he was arrested
All FDNY EMTS, 205 fire companies and police officers will now be carrying the drug to treat heroin overdoses
He jumped onto the rear railing of an ambulance that was taking a patient to a hospital, then hopped off when it stopped
The 78-year-old said police arrived before paramedics, and assaulted him for no reason; he suffered a black eye and stitches to his head
Police were deployed in force along the route and on roofs, with helicopters circling above and bomb-sniffing dogs checking through trash cans
He somehow skirted security; officials say he is unharmed and “lucky to be alive” after facing cold temperatures at 38,000 feet and a lack of oxygen
Investigators searched her home for a case involving stolen cars, and arrested her for the stolen narcotics
People are receiving calls to dial 1 or 112 because their credit card has been suspended, and are connected to a dispatcher when they do
He was charged with prescription fraud but says the detective unlawfully gathered information
Two paramedics, a patient and the driver were all hurt in the early morning collision
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