8/8/2014

Pawtucket, Rhode Island – Former EMT arrested for stealing drugs hired as fire dispatcher

Brentwood, New Hampshire – Hospital faces lawsuit over drug diversion by EMT convicted of taking fentanyl

Long Beach, California – Fire chief says new paramedic plan works;union says no

Stanton, California – DUI suspected in crash involving ambulance; 4 hurt

Ocean City, Maryland – Ambulance employee under investigation for using EMS unit to pick up girls

Wales, UK – Police cars used as ambulances more than 600 times

Northampton, UK – Ambulance service launches investigation after man forced to wait 2 hours in torrential rain for paramedics to arrive

Victoria, Australia – Ambulance cameras to be installed

Aug 7, 2014 | Comments Off on 8/8/2014

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8/7/2014

New York, New York – New law outlaws sex offenders serving in volunteer ambulance, fire companies

Atlanta, Georgia – Hospital EMS official describes trek with Ebola patient

Tulsa, Oklahoma – Medical equipment stolen from ambulance outside hospital

Scotland, UK – Union victory in ambulance staff rest time battle

West Midlands, UK – Midlands ambulance trust defends chief executive’s 400 pounds spent each week on taxis

Queenstown, New Zealand – Ambulance tires slashed

New South Wales, Australia – Ambo attack: addict’s mother slams system

Baghdad, Iraq – CNN reporter sued after drunken rampage in which she bit two paramedics

Aug 6, 2014 | Comments Off on 8/7/2014

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8/6/2014

Niagara Falls, New York – Falls man too drunk to walk home summons an ambulance;gets free ride to jail

Las Vegas, Nevada – Vegas, AMR pursuing ambulance transport deal

Wellington, Australia – Paramedics angry over theft

Cambridgeshire, UK – MP calls for review of ambulance chief’s pay

Essex, UK – Drunk pastor punched paramedic and threatened to murder police after crashing into family in car

New South Wales, Australia – Triple 0 emergency callers wasting time and money ordering pizza, requesting dog feeding and lifts home

New South Wales, Australia – Attacker apologizes: court gets tough over paramedic attacks

Adelaide, South Australia – Ambulance paramedics forced to treat patients in parking lots on one of the coldest nights of the year

Aug 5, 2014 | Comments Off on 8/6/2014

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