Dayton, Ohio – Patient swinging belt buckle strikes medic in ambulance

West Midlands, UK – Paramedic slams NHS for forcing ambulances to respond to wind-up calls to make figures look good

Birmingham, UK – Ambulance medic sacked after offering bereavement advice to patient who had lost her baby

Adelaide, South Australia – Ambulance response times will get worse under Transforming Health changes, Opposition says

New South Wales, Australia – Health district blames ambulance service for patient’s 13-hour delay

ACT, Australia – Ambulance response times slower, but still out stripping other jurisdictions

Western Cape, South Africa – Ambulance crew robbed at gunpoint

Okaloosa County, Florida – Worker tax could raise $4M for EMS

Albany, New York – Senate bill would make intentional attacks on first responders a hate crime

Naugatuck, Connecticut – Man stabbed by wife throws own blood at paramedics: Police

Newark, New Jersey – Ambulance operator gets 18 years for health care fraud

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – Governor proposes $10 M to provide Naloxone to first responders and law enforcement

Manchester, UK – Ex-army medic disarms knife wielding man at grocery store

Manchester, UK – Teenager and off duty medic–who don’t know one another–guilty of causing death of man

Nisswa, Minnesota – Severely injured paramedic walks down the aisle for his wedding

New York, New York – EMT records reckless behavior behind the wheel of ambulance

Beloit, Wisconsin – Fire department makes bullet proof vests mandatory for paramedics

Sidney, Ohio – Drug addict runs out of hospital after refusing treatment, steals ambulance, crashes it, then tries to carjack woman

West Midlands, UK – Paramedic claims morale at service has hit rock bottom

Warrington, UK – Union calls for independent inquiry into ambulance service after dangerous rise in waiting times for vulnerable patients

Hastings, New Zealand – Ambulance patient killed by truck prompts coroner’s call for extra crew