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In this episode, our co-hosts break down bodycam video from the City of Dallas after a patient died while in police custody during a Dallas Fire-Rescue ambulance transport
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A Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesperson said the paramedics were placed on administrative leave before the police department released body cam video
Four members rappelled down to start providing medical care and others built rope systems to lower the patient to the ground
Grady EMS medical director, Dr. Lekshmi Kumar, said that the team is trained and expects more such calls
An attending doctor said the crash likely did not contribute to the patient鈥檚 death at Skokie Hospital
EMT Delilah Wells, who was in the back of the rig, the patient who was being transported, and two people in the other vehicle were injured
Governor signs bill prohibiting Arizona鈥檚 EMTs from persuading patients into not going to hospital
The police department released body camera video of the interaction with LaDamonyon Dewayne Hall
The bill鈥檚 sponsor said a pattern of counseling people out of transports is not a best practice
Firefighters freed the woman from underneath the vehicle and transported her to University of Cincinnati Medical Center
One patient was transported to NYC Brooklyn, and another person refused medical assistance
The golfer, Steve Levin, has since had Lincolnwood Fire Department members conduct CPR training at his law firm and wants to raise public awareness of CPR
The Poughkeepsie crew was utilizing the ambulance鈥檚 lights and siren when the incident occurred; the force of the impact caused the rig to crash into a streetlight and a fence
Syracuse members used ladders, ropes and pulleys to complete the rescue in about an hour; AMR transported the men
Experts say that when overdoses happen, adults can monitor some kids at home, but those with slowed breathing or other symptoms should be taken to a hospital
Lloyd Claycomb and the driver of the car that hit the rig were seriously injured; an EMS provider and a vehicle passenger had non-life-threatening injuries
Chattanooga police officers began rendering aid to the victims before several patients were transported to a hospital
鈥淵ou have to go in immediately. The kids were calling 911 for help,鈥� said former Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo
A Sparta Township Fire Department crew was with a patient experiencing cardiac arrest when a second ambulance was called for the firefighter
Police and others responding to the attack broke windows to help students and teachers escape, said Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety
The teenager was found 100 feet above Raven Cliff Falls, resulting in 鈥渄angerous terrain and extreme technicality,鈥� according to White County Fire Services
Dispatchers took more than 400 calls for injuries, drinking, vehicle crashes; the injured include a Galveston County Sheriff鈥檚 Office deputy
The medic had stopped to provide aid; several people injured in the collision were transported to the hospital
Kevin Tirrel McCorvey is accused of having drugs, alcohol in his system and failing to properly secure the patient
All four crewmembers were injured 鈥� two of them seriously 鈥� when the Airbus AS350 tried to land in windy conditions at the Christmas Valley Airport
鈥淲e have to stop allowing the ED to be the triage point for all patients reaching out to the EMS system鈥�
The three Wyoming Medical Center staff members and two flight crew members were not seriously injured, and the patient was admitted to the hospital
The legislation was created in response to a firefighter breaking the rules after waiting for an ambulance then transporting a child with burns in a fire truck
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