A paramedic has shared an emotional video explaining how a patient she was treating spat on her in a lockdown assault that left her feeling ‘contaminated, broken and defeated’. Tracy Higginbottom was spat on while taking a young woman to hospital in an ambulance during a night shift in North Cornwall. Ms Higginbottom, who has … Read more
A female paramedic says she relives being stabbing ‘every time I close my eyes’ after an attacker knifed her and a colleague as they responded to a 999 call. Mother-of-three Deena Evans, 39, was stabbed once in the chest and fellow medic Michael Hipgrave , 51, was slashed across his back during an incident at … Read more
The father of a paramedic who was stabbed in the chest while on a call-out has said his daughter was in the ‘wrong place at the wrong time’. Mother-of-three Deena Evans, 39, and a male colleague were stabbed on Monday while responding to a home in Wolverhampton where concerns over welfare had been raised. West … Read more
Paramedic Lucy Fitton, 22, has just returned to work after suffering from ‘severe’ coronavirus A paramedic who spent weeks recovering from a ‘severe’ bout of coronavirus has bravely returned to work on the frontline in the fight against the killer bug. Lucy Fitton, 22, from Birmingham, said she is ‘lucky to be alive’ after contracting … Read more
The family of a young paramedic who has was found dead at her home have today paid tribute to their ‘precious special daughter’. Charlotte Cope qualified as a paramedic just two years ago and was based in Gelli, Rhondda, South Wales before her sudden death at home in the Rhondda Valley. Her grieving parents parents … Read more