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06/24/2015

Loudoun County, Virginia – Ex-volunteer paramedic faces rape charges
Dover, Delaware – Man sentenced for ATV mishap that killed EMT
Stratford-on-Avon, UK – Sharp eared medic helps find trapped driver
Shropshire, UK – Speeding paramedic gets to keep driving licence
Wolverhampton, UK – Paramedic to row 3,000 miles across Atlantic for charity
Limestone Coast, South Australia – Rising violence against ambulance workers worries Limestone Coast
Golan Heights, Israel – Druze lynching on IDF ambulance tipped off by soldier?
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

** Texas police shoot man who threatened paramedics with knife
UNITED STATES NEWS
** Texas police in Weatherford shot a man Tuesday who threatened paramedics with a knife. That is the word from the Weatherford Democrat (June 23) which said the morning incident occurred after medics were called to attend a man who was stumbling around aimlessly outside an area store. After menacing the practitioners, the man entered the store and police shot him inside the doorway. Following the shooting, the suspect was medevaced to hospital where he remains in serious condition. The paramedics, meanwhile, were not injured in the incident.
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06/23/2015

Tulsa, Oklahoma – Patient pulls knife on paramedic, damages ambulance
O’Fallon, Missouri – Man dies after ambulance jump, resisting police
Boston, Massachusetts – Task force seeks to make naloxone more affordable for first responders through bulk purchasing
Chicago, Illinois – Man allegedly steals ambulance with paramedics in back, police say
Austin, Texas – EMS, city continues to see increase in synthetic marijuana use
Dallas, Texas – Reuse of old ambulances has some people burning up
Nottingham, UK– Fewer highly skilled paramedics attending urgent calls
Perth, Australia – Hospitals prepare for ambulance ramping ban to take effect next week
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