A paramedic ordered a heart attack patient to be quiet and clean up his own vomit as he writhed in agony on a hospital floor, a disciplinary hearing heard.

Ambulance worker Colin Shields failed to carry out basic checks and did not recognise the tell-tale signs of a heart attack – mistaking the patient’s symptoms for toothache.

A nurse at the hospital was stunned when she entered the room and found the man mopping up his sick with paper towels.

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