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- Friday, June 19, 2015

Ambulance smuggling 600 lbs. of illegal drugs seized

English police foiled the plot of two men disguised as paramedics to distribute cocaine, heroin, amphetamine, and ecstasy
4 injured when truck hits ambulance

A paramedic, two firefighters and the patient were hospitalized following the intersection collision and rollover
6 women, 3 men killed in SC church shooting; gunman at large

Police and FBI searching for 'very dangerous' suspected shooter, a white male about 21-years-old, wearing a grey sweatshirt or hoodie, blue jeans and Timberland boots
Employee who OK’d ambulance for Bahamas prom suspended

A Public Hospitals Authority statement called the use of the ambulance for a girl’s arrival to the dance “despicable”

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From the Editor

We've seen some creative ambulance uses lately. A Public Hospitals Authority employee is suspended for allowing an ambulance to be used for a teen’s dramatic prom entrance in the Bahamas. An Iowa EMS agency receives praise for using its ambulance to fulfill end-of-life wishes of terminally-ill patients and another Iowa agency dispatched a crew to an incident that turned out to be a marriage proposal for the responding paramedic. Join the conversation on LinkedIn about these uses of resources and ambulances.

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