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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

** New Brunswick paramedic pleads guilty to drug charges;sentencing next month
** Coroner’s report into cruise ship death of New South Wales paramedic expected this month
CANADA NEWS
** Sentencing has been set for next month for a New Brunswick paramedic who pleaded guilty in May to drug charges. The CBC (Julianne Hazlewood/June 9) said Travis Thomas, 26, admitted guilt in relation to tags of possession with the purpose of trafficking LSD, ecstasy, magic mushrooms, cannabis resin or hash or marijuana. According to the news site, Thomas originally pleaded not guilty, but changed his mind on May 5 of this year. Arrested July 10, 2014 in St. John, he had his EMS licence suspended this past January. Thomas has also allegedly been suspended from his job with Ambulance New Brunswick, but a spokesman for the company refused to confirm this fact citing privacy reason.
AUSTRALIA NEWS
** A New South Wales coroner is expected to make public his report into the 2013 cruise ship death of paramedic Paul Rossington by the close of June. Yahoo 7 News (AAP/June 10) said the paper will likely conclude the death was accidental, resulting from Rossington jumping from the ship into the water after his girlfriend fell overboard. According to the newspaper, neither the body of Rossington nor Kristen Schroder, 26, have ever been found. Both apparently died in the waters of the Tasmanian Sea on May 8, 2013 about 120 km off the coast of New South Wales. Although CCTV footage showed the duo falling from the ship, neither was reported missing until the following day after the vessel docked in Sydney. As part of his report, Coroner Hugh Dillon will make recommendations on how future deaths similar to the pair’s can be avoided. The cruise line itself has said it is close to installing an automated alarm to detect when a passenger goes overboard.
Jun 9, 2015 | Comments Off on Wednesday, June 10, 2015
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06/09/2015

Grand Forks, North Dakota – Air ambulance service sues to block law
Hilton, New York – Emergency service costs rise due to change in insurance
Jefferson, Pennsylvania – Politician promotes bill to waive background check fees for emergency responders
Wales, UK – SAS death march: combat medic told not to read MoD safety guidelines
Essex, UK – Essex patients waiting longest for ambulances, stats reveal
Exeter, UK – Man jailed for drunken attack on off-duty paramedic
West Midlands, UK – Ambulance service to trial new cardiac arrest treatment
Sevenoaks, UK – Man pleads guilty to slapping ambulance worker in drunken rage
Jun 8, 2015 | Comments Off on 06/09/2015
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

** Manitoba proposes new PTSD related legislation for emergency workers
** South African ambulance patient shot and killed while being loaded into ambulance
CANADA NEWS
** Manitoba paramedics, police, and firefighters suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) will apparently find it easier to claim benefits under proposed legislation introduced yesterday by the province. Global News (CP/June 8) said the potential bill will no longer require sufferers to prove they are dealing with the condition as a result of a specific event. Instead, the point will be automatically conceded because of the job emergency workers do. The province of Alberta has a similar law, while other provinces are looking into enacting like legislation.
SOUTH AFRICA NEWS
** A pair of Port Elizabeth paramedics escaped injury Monday morning after a gunman shot at a patient as he was being loaded into the ambulance. News 24 (Derrick Spies/June 8) said the 4 a.m. attack resulted in the patient dying. According to the newspaper, EMS was hailed to treat the gunshot wound victim in the Kwazakhele area which is a known region for violent crime. Provincial health spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said Monday’s shooting is the third incident which jeopardized medics’ safety in the past four weeks. On May 18, two practitioners were robbed at gunpoint in New Brighton, while another crew was menaced by a gunman as they attended a patient in Chatty. While Kupelo said the rising violence could negatively impact EMS responses, a police spokesman said medics should have requested an escort when they realized the area was dangerous.
Jun 8, 2015 | Comments Off on Tuesday, June 9, 2015
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