St. John’s, Newfoundland – Ambulances take too long to respond to south shore, says MHA

Albany, New York – Man arrested after stealing ambulance

Minneapolis, Minnesota – City Council calls for completion of investigation into EMS sedation cases

Augusta, Georgia – City leaders battle over EMS service

San Diego, California – City paying $440K to helicopter medics to settle overtime lawsuits

Chicago, Illinois – Video show paramedics wasted precious time before trying to save shooting victim

New York, New York – FDNY EMT arrested in rusty screwdriver Facebook threat amid dispute over station sleeping arrangements: police

Lancashire, UK – Paramedics strike in pay row

Manchester, UK – Union slams “pig-headed attitude” of top EMS brass as ambulance members strike

Melbourne, Australia – Female paramedic punched by man high on drugs

Johannesburg, South Africa – Only 12 public ambulances serve Swaziland population of 1.1 million

Cape Town, South Africa – Eastern Cape authorities to step up security after attacks on paramedics

Montreal, Quebec – First locally trained advanced care paramedics join ambulatory force

Sacramento, California – Ambulance crashes while responding to crash

Tampa, Florida – Fire captain demoted to paramedic for stripping off shirt, daring homeless man to fight

Seattle, Washington – Fire/EMS station cancer concerns focus of new study

Wales, UK – Increase in abusive behaviour could see paramedics wear body cameras

Queensland, Australia – Paramedics heartened by community response in wake of vandalism