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Woman takes Houston ambulance for joyride after being denied a ride
Read full article: Woman takes Houston ambulance for joyride after being denied a rideAuthorities say a woman asked the emergency responders for a ride and told her they couldn't, moments later the ambulance was stolen and surveillance videos caught her driving away with it.
Houston medics trapped inside ambulance after flipping, crashing into restaurant
Read full article: Houston medics trapped inside ambulance after flipping, crashing into restaurantFirefighters said it took 20 minutes until the medics were extricated from their ambulance after crashing into a restaurant.
HFD Chief: Cardiac arrest patient waited 25 minutes for medic unit to arrive
Read full article: HFD Chief: Cardiac arrest patient waited 25 minutes for medic unit to arriveSources within the Houston Fire Department said that a cardiac arrest patient waited 29 minutes for an ambulance to arrive, while firefighters on the scene administered CPR.
Two people, including firefighter, taken to hospital after crash involving ambulance in W. Houston
Read full article: Two people, including firefighter, taken to hospital after crash involving ambulance in W. HoustonHouston police said two people, including a firefighter, were taken to the hospital after a crash involving an ambulance in west Houston.
Lawmakers want the US to set up field hospitals for Ukraine
Read full article: Lawmakers want the US to set up field hospitals for UkraineA bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is calling on the Biden administration to establish field hospitals near Ukraine’s border and ramp up medical support for what’s expected to be a monthslong war of attrition waged by Russia.
‘Our emergency departments are overcrowded’: Ambulances seeing longer wait times at Houston hospitals as COVID cases surge
Read full article: ‘Our emergency departments are overcrowded’: Ambulances seeing longer wait times at Houston hospitals as COVID cases surgeIn 2016, an independent study commissioned by the city of Houston called for 70 “peak time” ambulances to be added to the Houston Fire Department in order to effectively serve the city’s population.
Update: Bond set for man accused of hijacking ambulance at gunpoint with patient, EMTs inside
Read full article: Update: Bond set for man accused of hijacking ambulance at gunpoint with patient, EMTs insideHouston police have a man in custody after they said he hijacked an ambulance at gunpoint Friday with a patient and emergency medical technician inside.