Cops: Drunk stole ambulance, crashed
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| A 36-year-old intoxicated man stole an ambulance from Norwegian-American Hospital early Sunday before crashing and needing treatment from another ambulance for his injuries, according to Chicago police. Juan Hernandez, of the 3600 block of West Belmont Avenue, was charged this morning with criminal damage to government property and possession of a stolen motor vehicle, both felonies, police said. |
Declining an Ambulance No Easy Task (ABQ FD rules - can't just say no)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| Declining an ambulance ride is more complicated than just saying you don’t want one, according to the Albuquerque Fire Department protocols. Patients must meet a variety of standards before they are allowed to decline ambulance transport including alertness, ability to maintain coherent thought and speech, judgment that is not clouded by alcohol or drug use, normal vital signs and a neurologic exam that includes “coordination and gait that is normal or consistent with their past medical history.” A patient also must be “able to reference time/date/place/situation.” If all the criteria are met, the patient must sign a form indicating he... |
Atlanta Hawks forward Powell arrested on traffic charges (refused to move his car for an ambulance)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| ATLANTA (AP)—Atlanta Hawks reserve forward Josh Powell(notes) was arrested before Saturday’s game for refusing to move his car for an oncoming ambulance, according to a team official... |
Wounded man hails taxi, goes to hospital
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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This Week in California... Flag on the Play, Idiot
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| What is it about “following the rules” that makes some people’s brains seem to travel at light speed from 0 to stupid? The following true story should outrage you and is the absolute perfect example of when to downshift into ‘common sense’ gear. San Jose, CA – High school football player Keanu Gallardo got a serious head injury during a routine Saturday football game. The injury was so serious that the paramedics were called, and an ambulance arrived on the scene. But before the ambulance could drive onto the field to attend to him, the high school principal managed to... |
Principal denied ambulance access to injured Del Mar football player
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| Del Mar High School's principal is under fire after blocking an ambulance from driving onto the school's track to reach a 14-year-old who suffered a concussion during a football game. Emergency workers had to haul a gurney 75 yards downfield to where Keanu Gallardo lay after suffering a blow to his neck and helmet near the end of Del Mar's frosh-soph game on Oct. 29. |
Florida Verdict May Threaten EMS Availability
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| « Dr. WhiteCoat Goes to Washington Florida Verdict May Threaten EMS Availability Ambulance service held liable for failing to “do what was necessary” before accepting emergency transport of pregnant patient. I mentioned this case in a previous Healthcare Update. A child was born at 25 weeks gestation – 15 weeks premature – and was not breathing. Babies born at this age have a viability of 50-70%. In other words, up to half of children born at this age of gestation die. The family called 911. The paramedics arrived, performed CPR on the child, and brought the child back to life.... |
Police Kill NorCal Woman In Stolen Ambulance
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| PLACERVILLE (CBS 5 / AP) ― Police shot and killed a woman who stole an ambulance and led them on a chase before ramming three patrol cars. Placerville Police Chief George Nielsen says she was posing a danger to officers because she was using the ambulance as a weapon. He says it began Sunday when the woman, who was about 40 and wearing hospital gown, left Marshall Hospital through an emergency room entrance and drove away in an ambulance. |
The Ambulance Will Be Here In Four Years
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| Mr. Obama and the Democrats have made the claim that people are dying for lack of Obamacare. Indeed, a few Dems have gone so far as to claim that Republicans want these people to die. They tell us that this is a national emergency and that lives are in the balance. Well, here's a thought, in a medical emergency, what is one of the first things most people do? Call an ambulance, right? So, let's say you call up the ambulance and tell them that you have a medical emergency and you need them to come and treat the victim... |
Haiti Needs Ambulances (Vanity)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| Looking for idea help from Freepers. I have a dear friend who just spent the last year setting up a legitimate charity that was recently approved by the IRS. She started this charity 'A Gift For Life' as a result of her young daughter suddenly having Leukemia and going through bone marrow treatments to emerge free of cancer symptoms. The experience was so life-transforming to her that she wanted to bring the fantastic cancer fighting infrastructure of the USA to her family's country of origin, Ecuador. She is a beautiful honest person who resides in Florida with 3 chidren and... |
Michael Moore's collapse attributed to post-surgical complications
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| Washington (AP) -- Just moments after delivering a fiery address to the government watchdog group Public Citizen in Washington yesterday, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, director of three of the five highest-grossing documentaries of all time, clutched at his abdomen, groaned loudly, and steadied himself on a nearby railing. All of what followed is still unclear, although witnesses say... |
Ambulances race to Robert Byrd's home
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| Ambulances race to Byrd's home By: Manu Raju September 22, 2009 10:16 AM EST Ambulances and fire trucks were dispatched to the Northern Virginia home of Sen. Robert Byrd Tuesday morning. A neighbor of the 91-year-old West Virginia Democrat said several ambulances were outside his residence in McLean, Va., and a Byrd spokesman said the senator suffered a fall in his home. An officer at the McLean Fire Department said that a unit was dispatched at 9:10 to the address where Byrd lives, but he declined to comment on the substance of the response. Byrd – the longest-serving senator in... |
Woman gives birth on pavement 'after being refused ambulance'
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| A young mother gave birth on a pavement outside a hospital after she was told to make her own way there. Mother-of-three Carmen Blake called her midwife to ask for an ambulance when she went into labour unexpectedly with her fourth child. But the 27-year-old claims she was refused an ambulance and told to walk the 100m from her house in Leicester to the city's nearby Royal Infirmary. Carmen Blake with her daughter Mariah Senior physiotherapist Helen Ivers with Mariah, the baby she delivered in Havelock Street, Leicester, before mum Carmen Blake could get to the maternity unit Her daughter... |
Uninsured Man takes 600 Free Ambulance Rides at Taxpayer expense...(Drudge Headline)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| If it's a medical emergency, Erie County 911 will respond, but there is one address many of its dispatchers know by heart. They find Scott Graham usually waiting at that Buffalo address for his ambulance several times a week. "Sometimes two times a day," Graham told 2 On Your Side. He suffers from Sickle Cell Anemia, a blood disorder. If left untreated, it can block blood flow to limbs and organs. "It feels like somebody shooting me with battery acid, and I'm stepping on razor blades, and I'm having a heart attack at once," he said talking about the pain... |
DUI suspect steals ambulance while awaiting blood test at hospital
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| Kansas City - A man suspected of drunken driving stole an ambulance late last night after he was taken to a hospital for a blood test. The man stole the ambulance about 10:55 p.m. from Research Medical Center, near Prospect Avenue and East Meyer Boulevard. Police pursued the ambulance and eventually used stop sticks, which caused the suspect to crash into a light pole at East 67th Terrace and Cleveland Avenue. The man was taken into custody. |
25 vehicles fitted with explosives enter major cities
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| Note: The following text is a quote: LAHORE: Twenty-five explosive-laden vehicles have reportedly entered various major cities of the country, as the intelligence services launched search operations across all four provinces, a private TV channel reported on Monday. According to the channel, the vehicles could target sensitive government installments and other important buildings. The channel cited a notification issued by the Interior Ministry stating that suicide bombers along with the vehicles had entered Peshawar, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Quetta and Karachi. The ministry ordered provincial authorities to immediately conduct search operations and impound the vehicles before any terrorist incident took place.... |
OHP Trooper Scuffle Caught On Videotape (Police Vs Paramedics)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| BOLEY, OK -- Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers get into a fight with a paramedic and it is all caught on videotape. The incident happened near Boley in Okfuskee County. In the video, you see OHP troopers pushing the paramedic and grabbing his neck. The fight happened during an emergency call when a patient waiting to be taken to the local hospital was in the back of the ambulance. Officials say OHP troopers became upset after the paramedic failed to yield while the troopers were rushing to a call of their own. The troopers claim the paramedic assaulted one of... |
The Torture of American Soldiers
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| SNIPPET: "Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Dave Gaubatz, the first U.S. civilian (1811) Federal Agent deployed to Iraq in 2003. He is currently the Director of the Mapping Sharia Project and the Owner of DG Counter-terrorism Publishing..." SNIPPET: "Below is a sampling of the results of the interrogations agents and I obtained: I have the documents, photographs, and contact information of Iraqis and U.S. personnel who were also aware. Anything I write or speak about can be verified. Simply ask VP Biden and our President to release the complete intelligence reports my team and I wrote in 2003. 1. When... |
Gaza War Crimes: Hamas Terrorists Tried To Hijack Ambulances
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| (IsraelNN.com) Hamas - and not Israel - was the reason ambulances could not reach victims, a Gaza ambulance driver told the Sydney Morning Herald. He said that Hamas terrorists tried to hijack an entire fleet of Al-Quds ambulances during Operation Cast Lead. Foreign media quoted Hamas officials and Gaza Arabs several times during the war that Israel blocked ambulances from reaching dying victims, but Mohammed Shriteh, a 30-year-old driver for the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, told the Australian newspaper Monday that the Israel Defense Forces actually worked with the Red Crescent. "We would co-ordinate with the Israelis before we pick... |
Report: Israeli air force attacks Gaza City
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| Israel's air force fired around 20 missiles at targets in Gaza City on Saturday, causing heavy damage, a Reuters witness said. The IDF has confirmed the report. (Hanan Greenberg and Reuters) |
Hamas Using Ambulances as Armed Troop Carriers
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| Video evidence of Hamas using UN Ambulances as troop carriers when the Israelis shoot. Now we will see Israel having to blow up ambulances, but Hamas weaponized and militarized them! Expect the MSM to ignore this footage entirely, but come out criticizing Israel for blowing up an ambulance! Caught red-handed. Click on image to see video Go forward to 0:48 to see the armed terrorists being let into the ambulance.Save this video as I expect it to disappear from the web quickly and forever. |
Rockets land east of Ashdod
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| SNIPPET: "Rocket range extended: Palestinian gunmen respond to IDF operation in Gaza by firing three rockets beyond Ashkelon area, some 40 km away from Strip. Building in moshav near Ashdod; air raid siren sounds in Yavne area" ARTICLE SNIPPET: "After a day which saw dozens of Qassam rockets fired at Israel, Palestinian gunmen resumed the fire on Sunday morning. Three rockets, believed to be Grad missiles, were fired from the Gaza Strip and landed east of the city of Ashdod. One of the rockets caused damage to the windows of a house in a moshav near Ashdod. Explosions were also... |
Fake Ambulance Spotted at RNC
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| Numerous Minneapolis-Saint Paul area EMS agencies, headed by the U.S. Secret Service, undertook special preparations to handle EMS operations during the Republican National Convention held Sept 1-4, 2008. Following is an inside account of the experience along with some lessons to take away for future events. Fake Ambulance Spotted On Tuesday, the second day of the RNC, a Twin Cities Paramedic spotted an "ambulance" with unusual generic markings in the city of St. Paul. The medic had attended RNC briefings on the need for heightened awareness, and as an Iraq War Veteran, he was well-educated and possessed a keen eye... |
Six killed in Pakistan ambulance attack
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| Parachinar - At least six people were killed in northwestern Pakistan earlier today, when an ambulance on its way to Peshawar was hit with a rocket-propelled grenade. The region has been the location for regular skirmishes between Sunnis and Shiites. Last year, an outburst of sectarian violence led to the deaths of 40 people. |
A&E patients left in ambulances for up to FIVE hours 'so trusts can meet government targets'
Sunday 27th of May 2012 11:27:32 AM
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| Seriously ill patients are being kept in ambulances outside hospitals for hours so NHS trusts do not miss Government targets. Thousands of people a year are having to wait outside accident and emergency departments because trusts will not let them in until they can treat them within four hours, in line with a Labour pledge. The hold-ups mean ambulances are not available to answer fresh 999 calls. Doctors warned last night that the practice of "patient-stacking" was putting patients' health at risk. Figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats show that last year 43,576 patients waited longer than one hour before... |
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