How to make scene safety a core part of every EMS response
Review your safety practices and EMT training in the wake of the stabbing attack on a Boston EMT in the back of an ambulance
During what news accounts portray as a routine transport to the hospital by Boston EMS, a 31-year-old female patient “became unruly” in the back of the ambulance and attacked the EMT caring for her, stabbing her multiple times.
The EMT’s partner was able to stop the ambulance and help stop the attack but was also assaulted with some form of a pepper spray that the patient apparently had. The EMT that was stabbed had surgery to treat her wounds and is recovering. The EMT that was exposed to the pepper spray was treated at the hospital and released.