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Paramedics had to wait up to 20 minutes to get to a patient who had collapsed in an alleyway because their ambulance was blocked by bollards installed as part of a new traffic scheme. Emergency services were called to Ealing in West London after the man was found unconscious by residents, but medics were impeded … Read more
The mother of a 20-year-old Michigan woman with special needs says she’s ‘devastated’ by the ordeal her daughter went through after she was declared dead Sunday, only for funeral home staffers to find the woman with her eyes open and breathing later that day. ‘I’m devastated that my daughter is going through what she’s going … Read more
Shocking moment paramedics confront ‘thief’ trying to break into an ambulance as they tried to treat an elderly lady Paramedics were called to help a pensioner who had fallen after having a fit While they were tending to her in a man tried to break into the ambulance He was later arrested on suspicion of theft … Read more
999 call handler, 26, fights back tears as she reveals her ‘lovely’ friend and NHS nurse, 36, died from Covid-19 in Paramedics: Britain’s Lifesavers – and admits she found it ‘really hard’ not being able to ‘see or hug anybody’ Irum, 26, from West Midlands, was a 111-call handler but became 999 handler after two … Read more
‘Let 999 crews treat sepsis’: Thousands of patients suffering from blood poisoning could be saved if paramedics gave intravenous antibiotics, study finds Sepsis UK death rate of 44,000 a year is halved if treatment starts within an hour Researchers say lives could be saved if paramedics are trained to use antibiotics There are no national guidelines … Read more
Two paramedics who were stabbed in the chest while on duty yesterday appeared on a Christmas episode of the reality TV series Inside The Ambulance. Deena Evans and Mike Hipgrave were attending a 999 call at a property in Wolverhampton when they were attacked by a knifeman. Both were taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in … Read more
Neighbours describe hearing ‘blood-curdling screams’ as attacker ‘with two knives’ stabbed two paramedics in the chest on house call – as man is Tasered and arrested Emergency workers called to Ashmore area of Wolverhampton at 12.15pm Paramedics sent out an emergency alert that they had been stabbed in the house Police officers were called to … Read more
Police Taser man after two paramedics were stabbed while on house call in West Midlands Emergency workers called to Ashmore area of Wolverhampton at 12.15pm Paramedics sent out an emergency alert that they had been stabbed in the house Police officers were called to the scene and shot the man with a stun gun By … Read more
A father worried that an accident blocking his street had made his son late home was distraught to discover paramedics desperately trying to save the boy’s life on the side of the road. Terry White saw flashing blue lights outside his home, so approached police to see if his son, Louis, 14, was trapped on … Read more
The estranged wife of Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson shut herself away in her £3million home in the months leading up to her death yesterday, friends told MailOnline today. Tragic Patrice Bowden – known as Paddy – was found dead at the gated townhouse in Chiswick, west London, she shared with the rock star before … Read more