Lawmakers are considering spending $6 million to test the use of “sprint” paramedics in three northern Minnesota counties and confront the state’s worsening rural emergency response. The hope is that paramedics, roving the Iron Range and northwest lakes region in cars and trucks, could shave minutes off response times, and sort out calls that don’t […]
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Frankfurt paramedics respond as passengers fall ill on Condor flight
A major medical operation took place at Germany’s Frankfurt Airport on Thursday after dozens of passengers reportedly fell ill on a Condor flight from Mauritius. Emergency services were mobilized at the airport after the crew of Condor flight DE2315 informed the Frankfurt control centre that passengers had complained of feeling unwell. After the flight landed […]
Man steals ambulance while being treated, forcing paramedics to jump out of moving vehicle
Clayton County sheriff’s deputies and Georgia State Patrol are currently investigating a crash involving an ambulance. The Clayton County Sheriff’s Office says Ladarius Williams stole an Amerimed private ambulance from Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge while he was being treated. Channel 2′s Michael Doudna was live on WSB Tonight at 11 p.m. on Tara Blvd. […]
Paramedics among the 16 killed by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon
Israeli airstrikes killed nine people in southern Lebanon late on Wednesday, including paramedics who were preparing to respond to the first strike, the state-run National News Agency said. That raises the number of people killed by Israeli strikes on Wednesday to 16, after an earlier attack hit a different paramedic centre linked to a Lebanese […]
Steve Wright was found dead at London home by paramedics after ‘incident’
Steve Wright was found dead after paramedics were called to an “incident” at his central London flat. Emergency services rushed to the home of the radio presenter in Marylebone, close to the BBC’s headquarters, on Monday morning. Police have said the “unexpected” death is not being treated as suspicious. A spokesman for the London Ambulance […]
Computer programmer with peanut allergy told paramedics ‘I’m going to die’ before death
A 23-year-old with a peanut allergy who ate a slice of a pizza he had ordered via Deliveroo told paramedics he was about to die before he fell profoundly unconscious, an inquest has heard. Computer programmer James Atkinson ordered a chicken tikka masala pizza, chips and Indian dishes with his flatmate, having searched the internet […]
Colorado paramedics convicted in the death of Elijah McClain
A Colorado jury on Friday. Dec. 22, convicted two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black pedestrian, who was given a lethal dose of ketamine in 2019 after a confrontation with police. Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper were found guilty by a jury of criminally negligent homicide. Cichuniec was also found guilty of […]
Colorado paramedics convicted in the death of Elijah McClain
A Colorado jury on Friday convicted two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black pedestrian, who was given a lethal dose of ketamine in 2019 after a confrontation with police. Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper were found guilty by a jury of criminally negligent homicide. Cichuniec was also found guilty of assault in […]
Paramedics found guilty in death of Elijah McClain, who they injected with an overdose of ketamine
BRIGHTON, Colorado — Two Denver-area paramedics were convicted Friday in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, who they injected with an overdose of the sedative ketamine after police put him in a neck hold. It was the last trial against police and paramedics charged in the death of McClain, a 23-year-old Black man whose case […]
two Colorado paramedics convicted of criminally negligent homicide in 2019 killing
Two Colorado paramedics have been convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Elijah McClain after he was stopped by police in 2019. The jury’s guilty verdict on Friday marks an extraordinarily rare case of a paramedics being found criminally liable for a civilian’s death in police custody and follows after years of protests. […]
Paramedics found guilty in death of Elijah McClain, who they injected with an overdose of ketamine
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Two Denver-area paramedics were convicted Friday in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, who they injected with an overdose of the sedative ketamine after police put him in a neck hold. It was the last trial against police and paramedics charged in the death of McClain, a 23-year-old Black man whose […]