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Woman can’t recall assault on paramedic

Editor — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:58:48 +0000

A young woman who assaulted a paramedic at a hospital claims she was too drunk to remember what happened.

Jemma Wrighton, 21 of Ashburnham Road, Bedford kicked the paramedic technician repeatedly when she was taken to hospital after police found her intoxicated and lying in the street on Shakespeare Road on December 30.

Toby Earnscliffe, acting for the prosecution, told Bedford Magistrates’ Court that Wrighton had been shouting and swearing at the paramedics and was not cooperating on the way to Bedford Hospital.

via Bedfordshire Local News

Paramedic sues for £100k over assault

Editor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:40:03 +0000

A paramedic who was off work for six months after being attacked by a patient is suing ambulance bosses for £100,000 after claiming they did not tell her the call-out was dangerous.

Lynn Sutherland was punched and kicked by 16-year-old Grahame Donnelly after racing to his home amid fears he had taken an overdose of anti-depressants.

The 37-year-old suffered injuries to her arm, ribs, shoulder and neck while trying to restrain the teenager.

Ms Sutherland launched a legal action for damages against the Scottish Ambulance Service at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.

Her lawyers argue that the service failed to warn her that the teenager had already attacked his mother, adding that police should have been in attendance to provide support.

via Scotsman.com.

Paramedic is suspended over slap

Editor — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:21:45 +0000

A paramedic who slapped a female patient across the face has been suspended for 12 months at a disciplinary hearing.

Philip Hillier, 53, was found guilty of misconduct by a Health Professions Council panel (HPC).

They ruled he had shown no remorse over the treatment of a woman he believed was faking injury in Cardiff in May 2010. His actions were said to pose a potential risk to patients as well a undermining the reputation of the Welsh Ambulance Service.

The panel heard Mr Hillier had been accused of an “unprovoked assault” on the 20-year-old woman during a call-out in Cardiff city centre.

He had found the woman apparently unconscious with back injuries at her home, but believed she was faking it. The tribunal reportedly heard he asked her why she was “being a silly b****”.

via The Press Association

EMT says he touched woman sexually

Editor — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:57:08 +0000

USA — An arrest warrant for a Connecticut paramedic accused of raping an unconscious woman inside an ambulance says he admitted to police that he touched her inappropriately.

Read more USA news and other good stuff at EMS1.com.

Calls for tougher sentences after woman admits assault on paramedic

Editor — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:08:23 +0000

APAP has called for tougher sentences for people who attack ambulance staff – after a woman was given a conditional discharge for assaulting a paramedic.

Melanie Stewart, 49, of Welsh Road in Garden City, admitted assaulting paramedic Graham Williams when he was called to her sister’s home on Green Lane, Shotton, on November 27.

But Flintshire magistrates sitting at Mold gave her a 12-month conditional discharge.

Stewart was ordered to pay £50 compensation to the paramedic and costs of £85.

via Flintshire Chronicle.

Paramedic assault man told he could be jailed

Editor — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:53:49 +0000

A drunken man who assaulted a paramedic as he tried to help him has been warned he faces a possible prison sentence.

Passers-by were so concerned when they saw Barry James Jones, 60, of Fowler Road in Blacon, Chester, asleep on a grass verge that they tried to wake him up and then called an ambulance.

Read full article: Chester Evening Leader .

Spared jail after abusing medics

Editor — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:40:20 +0000

A cemetery visitor who drunkenly abused ambulance crew members has been placed on probation for two years.

James Morrison Smith Scalley threatened medics who had been called to treat him by concerned passers-by at Old Monkland Cemetery on May 31.

The 45-year-old, of Hutchison Place, Coatbridge, admitted behaving in a disorderly manner, shouting, swearing, issuing threats to the two men and committing a breach of the peace – all while on bail.

Read full article: Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser.

Ambulance workers second chance

Editor — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:30:43 +0000

When ambulanceman Nick Horobin lost an eye in an attack eight years ago it looked as if his work as a carer was over.

He had to retire as an ambulance technician and, although he spent some time operating the ambulance switchboard, he desperately missed his job and working with the public.

Now he hopes to get a second chance at a frontline caring career as he retrains as a nurse – something he has always dreamed of and paid for by compensation he received after his attack.

Read full article: BBC NEWS

OAP slapped paramedic who tried to help him

Editor — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:40:08 +0000

A pensioner who slapped a paramedic as he tried to resuscitate him has been told to clean up his act.

Richard Carl Bristow, 69, pleaded guilty to assault by beating after ambulance crews arrived to find him passed out at the Oddfellows Arms in Chester.

Rob Youds, prosecuting, said Bristow, of St Anne Street, Newtown, had gone to the pub after doinADVERTISEMENTg some shopping at Iceland.

Read full article: Chester Evening Leader.

Paramedic punched in face by patient: Man arrested

Editor — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:11:06 +0000

Two paramedics needed hospital treatment when they were attacked by their patient.

Police were called to assist the paramedics at 2.15am on Thursday after they were called to help a man in Farnworth.

The man punched one them in the face. It is believed the other paramedic was injured when he fell as he tried to help his colleague.

Asiya Jelani, of the North West Ambulance Service, said: “Both members of the ambulance crew sustaining injuries which required hospital treatment. The police were called and the patient was arrested.”

Read full article: This Is Lancashire.