Paramedics

Mar 15, 1998

Denver: Four patients from a collision involving a drunk driver; A man suspected of a heroin overdose collapses outside a homeless shelter; A confused 83-year-old woman complains of an unspecified ailment; A seven-year-old boy is having a bad asthmatic attack; a 22-year-old man has two stab wounds from an ice pick; An airplane carrying a 54-year-old man having a heart attack is diverted to Denver so that he can be treated; A man as been smashed over the head with a beer bottle.

Mar 15, 1998

Phoenix: A motorcycle cop has been hit by a that crossed the center line; A 19-year-old seven months pregnant is giving birth in a parking lot, A 38-year-old woman has injured her back in a boating accident; A 25-year-old gang member sufferers chemical facial burns when his cousin knocks acid out of his hand in an attempted suicide; A drunk driver going in the wrong direction collided with three other cars; has had acid thrown in his face; A min breaks his leg when his car crashes into a van.

Apr 5, 1998

San Francisco: Two men have been in an accident on the Bay Bridge; A bodyguard at a nightclub has been beaten up; Another man has been beaten up in a street fight, and is struggling to breathe; An HIV+ man is evaluated after ingesting alcohol and Valium ; A woman has been slashed in the throat with a broken bottle; A 25-year-old man is suspected of a heroin overdose; A paramedic receives an accidental needle stick; A four-year-old child has sprayed herself with pepper spray.

Apr 21, 1998

Newark, New Jersey: A family is pinned in a car after being rear-ended by a stolen vehicle; A man hits his brother with a baseball bat in a drunken argument; A construction worker has fallen 30 feet at a site; A woman was slashed by another woman; A man has suffered a massive heart attack; An off-duty police officer and his brother are struck by a man driving a stolen vehicle; A child is having a bad asthma attack; Another car crash involves cops and a stolen vehicle; A man is stabbed in the arm; A woman is very upset after a pharmacist accuses her of shoplifting.

Apr 21, 1998

A motorcyclist is hit by a car; A man calls 911 when his Porsche stalls on the freeway; A woman injures her neck in a car accident; A driver has been shot in a drive-by; A man has been beaten up; A woman hits her son-in-law over the head with a beer bottle after he assaults his wife, her, and his father-in-law; A man who is in an argument with another man repeated slams his head against a car; A young child is having a bad asthma attack; A man suffers a seizure, then becomes combative.

Jan 8, 1999

Tampa: A street kid has been stabbed in the leg; A teen suffers a neck injury in and is pulled unconscious from a spring after a diving accident; A man suffers a concussion in a fender bender; A 36-year-old man has fallen 35 feet at a warehouse; A three-year-old girl with cerebral palsy has a pediatric seizure; A 21-year-old man wrecks after falling asleep at the wheel; A man in an area of town known as "The Box" is stabbed in a knife fight; A rancher has been gored by a bull.

Jan 15, 1999

Jan 22, 1999

Las Vegas: A construction worker sufferers a serious head or neck injury after falling off a two-story building; A man is hospitalized with a heatstroke after drinking two much alcohol and passing out in the baking Sun; An incoherent man is found sitting in a parked car near a freeway; A 42-year-old man has been assaulted in a parking lot; An 80-year-old woman with ulcers is complaining of stomach pains; An emotionally disturbed man roaming in a parking lot after terrorizing a day-care center suffers second degree burns from the hot pavement after he is wrestled to the ground after trying to grab one of the paramedics; A construction worker has fallen off a scaffold; A woman stoned on drugs is found on the ground complaining of pains all over her body; A 80-year-old man is possibly suffering a heart attack.

Feb 5, 1999

Washington, DC: A firefighter suffers facial and inhalation burns when his mask comes off fighting a fire; A man has a bullet lodged just underneath his skin after being shot in the back in an argument; A woman goes into labor; A tourist has dislocated her knee; A man has collapsed outside a burning building where his home and business were relocated; An out-of-towner who has been shot in a rough part of town while trying to procure drugs has driven to a police station with a broken thigh bone after having been shot; An HIV+ man is having trouble breathing; A 61-year-old inebriated mugging victim has been hit in the head; A woman on the mall waiting for a July 4 fireworks display is having an asthma attack.

Mar 12, 1999

Detroit: A 10-year-old girl, whose mother is agoraphobic and has not been out of the house in seven years, has been hit by a car while riding her bike; A gunman who has barricaded himself in a home invasion has been shot in the head; A 14-year-old asthmatic boy has had a reaction to a bee sting; A car has crashed into a street light, and a sawed-off shotgun was found under the seat; A man is unconscious after having fallen in a bathroom; A woman sitting on her porch has been shot in the hand in a drive-by; A man with one leg is beaten up in a carjacking.

May 3, 1999

Oklahoma City: Paramedics have to set up triage in rural areas after a Force 5 tornado strikes.

Sep 20, 1999

A woman has been run over by a car in the French Quarter; A firefighter has been injured on the job; A man receives a head injury after passing out on Bourbon Street; A man is showing signs of a diabetic seizure; An elderly woman complains of abdominal pains; A seven-year-old boy was struck by a car while riding his bike; A man faints after an altercation at a store.

Oct 4, 1999

Nashville: A tourist is experiencing painful breathing at his hotel room; A motorcyclist has crashed into a utility pole; An elderly man is suspected of having a heart attack; A 33-year-old man has been beaten up in a fight; A 12-year-old boy has injured his leg in a little league game; Paramedics have to respond to a SWAT team raid on a crack house; An elderly woman is unable to get to her feet after falling inside her home.

Oct 11, 1999

Pittsburgh: A 94-year-old woman complains of shortness of breath; A 27-year-old woman is suspected of a heroin overdose; The daughter of one of the paramedics falls and cuts her lip; A woman seven-weeks pregnant is complaining of severe chest pains; A father and son were assaulted in front of their store; A man is found on the ground unresponsive; Another man is suspected of having taken too many pain killers; A woman is trapped inside her car after an accident; A 30-year-old woman was assaulted by her boyfriend; A 24-year-old frequent flyer has a seizure; An 18-...

Nov 22, 1999

Boston: A pedestrian receives a badly injured foot when she is struck by a speeding car; An EMS dispatcher was broadsided by another motorist; An electrician was burned in a flash fire; A man injures his hand when he punches a wall in anger; A man trying to rescue a cat on his roof fell and injured his ankle; A drunk man falls down hard on the sidewalk; Another drunk has been beaten up in a drunken street fight; A cancer patient who has just returned home from the hospital has a malfunctioning oxygen machine.

Dec 6, 1999

Portland, Oregon: A 56year-old man is suffering a seizure; A 31-year-old woman becomes trapped in her car after being t-boned by a semi; A young experiences trouble breathing after overdosing on some unknown substance; A woman has trouble breathing after an allergic reaction to an antibiotic; A man overdosing on heroin is found seizing; A stoned woman has crashed into a utility pole; A soccer player breaks another player's leg after kicking the leg instead of the ball; A man who has collapsed at the Portland Airport is suspected of having a heart attack; A young man has been slashed in the head; A young woman was punched in the face and robbed.

Dec 13, 1999

New Orleans: A man hits a utility pole after his brakes failed; A man claims to have accidentally stabbed his wife in the neck; A six-year-old child complains of head and belly pain after a car accident; A motorcyclist has fallen 40 feet from an overpass after having crashed; A boy at a summer camp as been hit with a baseball bat; A fender bender has turned into a violent family feud; A 13-year-old boy who had had hip surgery two weeks earlier re-injured his hip after falling off his crutches; A 71-year-old woman complaining of asthma goes into cardiac arrest; a 23-year-old woman has given birth two months prematurely.

Dec 27, 1999

Pittsburgh: A boater hits the steering wheel when he crashes; Firemen respond to a structure fire; A boater is trapped underwater; A resident of the structure fire has lost his medicine in the blaze; An 83-year-old man is found vomiting blood in his bathroom; A man in a nursing home is found unconscious and unresponsive in a diabetic coma; A 33-year-old man is found passed out stoned on the riverbank; A 49-year-old man has taken so many drugs that he is having trouble breathing; A medical secretary collapses at work with back pain; Paremedics respond to a medic alert.

Jan 3, 2000

Nashville: A nine-year-old boy who had recently had hip surgery is coughing up blood; A car has collided with a van on the interstate; A homeless girl wandered across the road and was hit by a car; A 43-year-old man has walked out of a hospital with IVs still in his arm; A frequent flyer is complaining of Tourette Syndrome; A non-responsive elderly lady has pressed a medical alarm; A man has crashed his car against a median; A 46-year-old man with a history of heart disease and alcoholism thinks he is having a heart attack; A young woman with a history of mental problems has been hit in the head by a man who had tried to rob her.

Feb 7, 2000

Oklahoma City: A 77-year-old woman is experiencing breathing difficulties; A man crashes after skidding over a wet highway; A man is injured in a fight outside the Will Rogers Theater; A shooting on the south side; A man is shot in the knee outside of a night club; Six people, four critical, are injured in a car accident; An 18-year-old woman is having a panic attack.

Mar 6, 2000

Albuquerque, New Mexico: A man accidentally shoots his 14-year-old nephew in the arm while hunting; An 89-year-old man collapses at his son's wedding; A Canadian tourist complaining of chest pains has to be airlifted 80 miles east of Albuquerque; A store clerk calls paramedics on a homeless man who had been robbed and assaulted; A car accident near Cuba, New Mexico, results in an ejection; A woman faints at on her front door step after her daughter evicts her; A two-year-old sitting in her grandfather's lap was ejected in a car accident when her mother fell asleep at the wheel.

Mar 13, 2000

Portland, Oregon: A 32-year-old unrestrained is unresponsive after he crashes his car and goes down a 15-foot embankment; A 17-year-old was shot in the chest; Life Flight responds to a head-on collision near Mt. Hood; A heroin overdose at a crack house; A 67-year-old woman has some unknown illness with a low heart rate; a drunk pedestrian has been hit by a car.

Sep 25, 2000

Orlando: A 70-year-old man was in a minivan rollover on I-4; A 21-year-old man goes into a diabetic shock when his plane lands at Orlando International; A 42-year-old man has been smacked in the head with a beer bottle; A 16-year-old girl is running a hight fever and is slipping in and out of consciousness; A 76-year-old woman slipped on a hard wood floor in her home,suffering a femur fracture; A large bookshelf falls onto two small children; An ER frequent flyer claims to have had a seizure, and a few hours later is picked up again.

Oct 5, 2000

Charlotte, North Carolina: A man has been shot in the upper arm; An elderly woman has fallen and broken her ankle; The water breaks on a woman 4½ months pregnant; An employee at a car dealership has been shot in a robbery; A drunk who has been on a bender for two weeks wants to go somewhere to dry up; A 19-year-old has injured his ankle in a sporting event; A drug dealer swallowed three rocks of cocaine to avoid arrest.

Oct 12, 2000

A 59-year-old man has taken a hard fall from a horse; A 26-year-old woman has been in a rollover accident; Paramedics have to retrieve a snake from someone's home; A young woman fractures her clavicle in an accident; A 44-year-old suffers a seizure in a grocery store; A 33-year-old man was hit with a beer bottle and punched in the mouth; A cancer patient is experiencing nausea; A woman complains of chest pains and breathing problems; A construction worker has fallen 20 feet, landing on his back; A diabetic man being taken to the hospital refuses to take an IV.

Oct 19, 2000

A 61-year-old man has collapsed in a parking lot; A shooting victim is bleeding heavily; A tracheotomy patient has some bleeding around his tracheal tube; A 61-year-old man has been hit in the head with a stick; Paramedics notice needle tracks on the arms of a woman complaining of chest pains; A 75-year-old man was sitting in his chair at home when he started feeling dizzy; A 34-year-old man is suspected of going into diabetic shock when he is found unconscious and unresponsive; A 79-year-old man collapses in his home and is experiencing rectal bleeding.

Oct 26, 2000

Reno, Nevada: A 72-year-old asthmatic man collapses after having trouble breathing; A 36-weeks pregnant woman was rear-ended on her way to work; A man inside a motel room is complaining of chest pains; A three-year-old suffers a pediatric seizure; A concerned neighbor calls 911 about her neighbor who has a history of falling down; A 36-year-old man has overdosed on 40 methadone pills; A 39-year-old man suffers a seizure; A 63-year-old man with a history of heart disease is feeling ill.

Nov 2, 2000

Indianapolis,Indiana: A man drives into a house in an apparent carjacking; A 16-year-old girl suffers a febrile seizure; A five-year-old boy has been hit by a van; A man collapses at a club from a possible drug reaction; An out-of-control man was arrested; A man driving a stolen car is badly injured when he crashes into a tree; A satellite installer was attacked by two pit bulls.

Nov 16, 2000

Orlando: A 20-year-old man has badly injured his legs in a high-speed crash; A 65-year-old man is suspected of having a stroke; A five-year-old sickle cell patient is running a really high fever; A car surfer is run over by the car he was standing on; A man his having chest pains after smoking crack; A 20-year-old motorcycle rider has been hit by a car; A 73-year-old man is crushed by a large tree; A man on a roof tripped and fell 30 feet to concrete pavement.

Nov 30, 2000

A 77-year-old man has been experiencing chest pains for several hours; A man has been beaten up in a robbery; A teenager injures her ankle jumping on a trampoline; A diabetic is acting combative; A 72-year-old woman is experiencing chest pains; A 39-year-old man has been ejected from his truck in an accident; A man has had an alcoholic blackout; A ten-year-old has been bitten by a neighbor's dog; A paramedic gets a new tattoo.

Dec 7, 2000

Kansas City: An elderly woman was working in her yard when she started feeling dizzy and weak; A 16-year-old boy has a severe laceration on the back of his head from a car accident; A retired fire captain is having a heart attack; A combative 40-year-old man having a seizure stops breathing after being given a sedative to calm him down; A man suffering from congestive heart failure has been having progressively heavy breathing for three days; An attendee at a religious event passes out; A 75-year-old woman is dazed and confused after rolling out of bed and falling on the floor; An 84-year-old former baseball star who has collapsed in his home is suspected of having had a stroke.

Dec 21, 2000

Reno, Nevada: An 50-year-old woman is trapped in a station wagon after it has been hit by an SUV; A 60-year-old man starts having chest pains while playing a slot machine; A 14-year-old bicyclist with a history of blackouts crashes into a car; A 16-year-old boy falls off the back of a truck while road surfing; A 65-year-old vacationer threw out her back; A 32-year-old man is having bad chest pains; A 23-year-old is unconscious in a bar after a fight; A 53-year-old man is complaining of chest pains; A 45-year-old man is in a diabetic shock.

Feb 2, 2001

San Jose: A young woman with a history of alcohol and psychiatric problems claims to have been assaulted; Various car crash victims; A man who has been drinking has passed out in a creek bed;

Dec 11, 2001

Santa Clara County, California: A 34-year-old man's neck has been slashed from side to side; A 35-year-old woman ran off the road and landed in a tree; A frequent flyer had a seizure and fell; A 54-year-old man has overdosed on alcohol and pills; A 78-year-old man has suffered a diabetic seizure; A young man has faked being beaten up after being kicked out of his parents' house; A 42-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen; A young woman has stabbed her boyfriend in the chest; A 32-year-old man has suffered a diabetic seizure, and also has a large sore on his leg.

Jan 1, 2001

Little Rock, Arkansas: An intoxicated young man has been ejected from a car after it crashed; A young woman has been shot multiple times; A man who had previously been shot in the head months earlier has suffered a seizure; A 12-year-old girl has collapsed after a violent epileptic seizure; A young man has suffered a gunshot wound to the head; A 61-year-old diabetic man, acting irrationally due to low blood sugar, has walked away from his home; A 77-year-old woman is a frequent flyer; A three-year-old boy has swallowed a thumb tack.

Jan 16, 2005

Merilyn Holmes and Brandon Graham work together as paramedics in Washington, D.C., responding to calls during the day and at night.

May 25, 2005

Las Vegas, Nevada: A nine-month old in a hotel is having a seizure; A 52-year-old woman's car was hit by an SUV; A 71-year-old man almost collapsed with abdominal pains while playing a slot machine; Paramedics stop for a snack at a light night restaurant that had just been robbed; A man was assaulted with a hammer after dropping off a friend; A man's legs are burned after he tried to restart his barbecue with gasoline; An accident involving four vehicles, two of which rolled over; leaves four critical and two dead; A homeless frequent flyer calls for an ambulance to get a free ride; A psychotic patient has PTSD.