99 and 44/100% of EMTs and Para-medics are fine folks who do an outstanding job. Unfortunately, due to lax laws in many states, sexual predators are migrating into these fields. For example: TX has no law that keeps sexual predators out of the emergency response field. There are a lot of horror stories of sexual predators abusing, molesting and raping injured folks in their care.
Any scumbag that abuses, molests or rapes an injured person is a viablecandidate for mercy killing.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28179848/
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Some shocking casesExactly how many of these EMTs were alleged to have committed their crimes on the job is unclear. But some of more shocking cases include:
A Standish, Mich., paramedic sent to prison in March for molesting a girl who was on her way to the hospital after she was injured at her 15th birthday party.
A Pinellas County, Fla., paramedic arrested in July after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in an ambulance en route to a hospital.
A Chester County, Pa., paramedic sentenced in July to up to 20 years in prison for engaging in sex and providing alcohol to teenagers he befriended through their interest in emergency medical service.
A Copperas Cove, Texas, paramedic awaiting trial in January on charges he exposed and touched an 18-year-old accident victim's breasts while pretending to tend to her injuries.
A Chattanooga, Tenn., EMT accused in a lawsuit of giving a 30-year-old woman an extra dose of morphine and then completely undressing her in the back of an ambulance even though her injuries were minor.
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State health officials in 23 states reported receiving sex-related complaints involving EMS workers. New York reported the most complaints "” 17. Thirteen of the complaints were substantiated and resulted in workers losing their certification. Texas reported 13 complaints, Massachusetts 11 and Virginia 10. No breakdown was immediately available showing how many of those allegations involved sexual misconduct on the job.
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Twenty-eight states do not automatically bar known sex offenders from working as EMTs, the AP found.
Although most insist they would rarely, if ever, allow sex offenders to work those jobs, the AP found that Texas has knowingly allowed eight, Louisiana two and Maine, Virginia and North Carolina one each. There is no indication any of those people were accused of sexual misconduct after being allowed to work EMS jobs.
Twenty-two states strictly prohibit such offenders from working as EMTs.
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