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04/16/2015

Edmonton, Alberta – NDP reveals skyrocketing ambulance alerts as crisis spreads
Urbana, Illinois – Woman not guilty by reason of insanity for stolen ambulance
Calera, Oklahoma – EMT arrested on drug trafficking charges
Henrico County, Virginia – Pre-med student charged with swiping ambulance during 21st birthday shenanigans
Stoke, UK – Ambulance service cleared over death of patient
Wales, UK- Time wasters calling 999 putting lives at risk
Wales, UK – Ambulance staff are abused every six days in north, new figures reveal
North Yorkshire, UK – Stolen ambulance driver was mental health patient who was desperate for help
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Thursday, April 16, 2015

** New Zealand army medic trainee disappears while kayaking, presumed dead
NEW ZEALAND NEWS
** Police divers at Lake Coleridge continue to search for the body of a missing army trainee medic who disappeared April 4th while kayaking. TVNZ (April 16) said the search has been stalled for the last week because of inclement weather. A spokesman for the police said Hamish Duncan, 20, is now presumed dead. At the time of his death, he had only just begun studying EMS. Duncan was remembered as outgoing, talented, smart, and kind by colleagues at the Defence Health School. The case has now been referred to the coroner.
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04/14/2015

Grey County, Ontario – Paramedics do remote patient monitoring
Regina, Saskatchewan – NDP plans to cap ambulance fees
Wales, UK – 9 out of 10 ambulance staff in south west suffering stress, says study
Lincolnshire, UK – Paramedic sent 7 creepy texts in two hours to patient’s mother
London, UK – Paramedics called to supposedly collapsed woman find dying bird instead
Queensland, Australia – Ambulance officer maps rural properties to save precious emergency time
Tasmania, Australia – Court challenge to paramedic pay raise will not be dropped during talks, Health Minister says
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