** California medic stabbed by mental patient he was transporting
UNITED STATES NEWS
** A California paramedic from Sacramento was stabbed yesterday while transporting a mental patient to hospital. That is the word from the Napa Valley Register (Kevin Courtney/December 16) which said the 2 p.m. incident played out during a transport to Adventist Health St. Helena hospital in Deer Park. According to the newspaper, the patient used a pair of scissors to wound the practitioner. He then jumped behind the wheel of the EMS unit. Police said they were forced to block the ambulance with their cruiser to prevent the man from fleeing. Lt. Chase Haag said the paramedic’s injuries, meanwhile, were not serious.
