May 19, 2024

Review Category : Other News

02/09/2017

Vernon, BC – Paramedics seeks support for obtaining same collective bargaining rights as police and fire

Sacramento, California – Assemblyman introduces EMS Bill of Rights

Miami, Florida – Man implicated in murder is cleared by paramedics who remembered his unusual alibi

Sun Prairie, Wisconsin – City will fight award for fired paramedics

Tulsa, Oklahoma – State attorney general joins legal fight against ambulance service

Polk County, North Carolina – EMT, who decapitated, skinned dog’s body, lied to multiple agencies, sheriff says

Cape Town, South Africa – Scores of paramedics suffering from PTSD

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02/08/2017

New Orleans, Louisiana – National shortage of paramedics being felt in state

American Canyon, California – Paramedic/firefighter sues for discrimination

Springfield, Ohio – Medic accused of sexually assaulting female patient gets no jail time and will not have to register as sex offender

Basildon, UK – Biker left lying in the road in agony for three hours as two ambulances arrive without proper pain relief

New South Wales, Australia – Paramedics welcome premier’s pledge to increase protection

Northern Territory, Australia – Government to review ambulance services with St. John

Western Cape, South Africa – Stress keeps 50 paramedics off sick every day

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02/07/2017

Winnipeg, Manitoba – City paramedic units busier than they should have been last year

Sun Prairie, Wisconsin – Court awards 2 fired paramedics $622,252

Helena, Montana – Senate committee approves bill to limit patients’ air ambulance costs

New Haven, Connecticut – Police arrest Trump protestor who blocked ambulance

London, UK – London Ambulance New Year’s outage likely linked to high demand

Braintree, UK – Driver of ambulance accused of causing dentist’s death wants case dismissed

Kent, UK – Overstretched paramedics keep dying patients waiting after ambulance bosses cut overtime

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