** 2 San Diego firefighter/paramedics stabbed multiple times by bystander at call;in stable condition in hospital
** Detroit paramedic fired for refusing to aid dying baby
UNITED STATES NEWS
** A pair of San Diego firefighter/paramedics continue to recover in hospital after being stabbed by a bystander Wednesday while attending on a patient. CBS 8 (June 25) said the duo were in the East Village around 4:05 p.m. when the man set upon them. Both sustained multiple wounds in the attack. Transported to separate hospitals, the pair were reported in stable condition Thursday. The alleged assailant, Ryan Allen Jones, 34, was arrested after a trip to hospital when he complained of chest pain. He has been charged with attempted murder x 2 and assault with a deadly weapon x 2. There is no word yet on the motive for the attack.
** A Detroit paramedic who didn’t want to do CPR on a dying baby has been fired. That is the word from WWLP (June 25) which said Anne Marie Thomas was let go after 2 internal investigations. According to the news site, Thomas was around the corner from a home earlier this week when she was dispatched to attend an infant who was not breathing. Thomas allegedly said she wasn’t going to do compressions for 10 minutes given how families are in these situations. A second EMS unit was hailed to resuscitate and transport the child to hospital. Although the baby was revived, he died the next day.
