>> paramedic white refuses to back down.me and has a history of heart trouble. trooper martin tries to put the paramedic in handcuffs. >> hey, hey. >> on the dash cam video, the patient's family starts to gather. they have been following the ambulance to the hospital. the patient's husband reminds the trooper that his wife is waiting in the ambulance, but the argument continues. [ shouting ] >> you turn around now. >> the trooper releases the paramedic and the crowd breaks up. paramedic white returns to his ambulance, where his patient is extremely distraught. >> if you can imagine yourself, you're on a cot in an ambulance, you're basically helpless in that position, and you can hear your family members screaming. she was extremely upset. >> what's worse, the confrontation's not over yet. the patient's husband tries again to intervene. >> my wife needs to go to the hospital. i understand that. >> if he wouldn't have come out here you could have been on the way about five minutes ago, partner. now step back. >> the driver tri

paramedic paramedic. three main issues. in the field with the field but still there's a it still doesn't mean the other rescue at our station is available so they get the next cough which means we get a chance to take a shower and pressure to have a way to get our showers interrupted jimmy page. and you know all these rescues here we're probably going to be waiting for a while because i think we just got the last available that that's got that one they. want you to yeah. ok. we just take a patient to martin luther king with knowledge on so many. kids tree are just in the emergency room and based on her level of severity so good. we got there before a few other patients and she got a bed and now the other patients are going to wait you know they might have more. severe problems they might have to wait for a bed for hours. if martin luther king you know even if they just limit their number of beds which they're planning on doing to forty two beds then that's going to be repercussions for everybody so. hopefully it won't get t

paramedic paramedic. three big issues. in the field with this shield the shield is right it still does mean the other rescue at our station is available so they get the next cough which means we get a chance to take a shower and brush your teeth so we don't get our stars interrupted jimmy hates that. and you know all these rescues here they're probably waiting for a while because i think you discovered last available that yes i got that one i. don't you. know. we just take a patient to martin luther king with nausea vomiting which history are just you know emergency room and based on her level of severity so good or bad. we got there for a few other patients and she got to bed now at the other patients are going to wait you know they might have more. sixty year problems they might have to wait for that for hours. if martin luther king you know even if they just limit their number of beds which they're planning on doing to forty two beds then that's going to be repercussions for everybody so. hopefully it won't get to the p

the paramedic determine the woman was not in serious trouble, but the ambulance attendant past the paramedic to stay with the woman as the transported her to the hospital. he refused. the ambulance brought the victim to howard university hospital, where she died 30 minutes later. >> i am disappointed and i hope -- i do not know what else to say. >> d.c. fire chief such the paramedic has been taken off the street. >> i do take this matter very seriously. the employee has been placed on administrative leave. >> a spokesperson for howard university hospital tells abc 7 that all the protocols at the hospital emergency room were followed and the victim did see a cardiologists just before she died. as for the paramedic, he is a five-year veteran of the department and faces possible did terminate -- possible termination. >>> americans are putting it on. they are heavier than they were 20 years ago. on average americans are 20 pounds heavier than they were in 1990. the average wait for a man is about 196 pounds. the average wait for a woman is about 160 pounds. about 70% say they are over their idea

cross- trained firefighter-paramedic class. in the previous contract, the firefighters did a relatively small wage deferral. but more significantly, they started an early employee contribution, and an additional employee contribution to the city's retirement system, in an amount of 3% for two years. these two years would be years the would not be subject to this contribution based on their existing contracts. so this particular contract before you includes a wage concession that the firefighters gave, which was part of a bigger package which included a two- year wage extension and a two- year wage freeze. that is what is before you. if you have any questions, we would be happy to answer it. siu is here as well. supervisor chu: it looks like this will result in savings of roughly $43,000 in the current year and $44,000 in the next year? >> that is correct. supervisor chu: thank you. i do not believe we have a budget analyst report on an item, do we? >> no. supervisor chu: are there members of the public who wish to speak on item

we're hear to honor vincent perez and fire department paramedic anthony valario. today we will be unveiling vince and tony's name on our line-of-duty death memorial wall. it is a somber ceremony and yet an important one and i think all of us, it's testament to the men that tony and vince were that vuso many people coming out once again to support one another and first and foremost, to support the valario and the perez family. this is a very special day because it is another illustration of just how special vince and tony were to all of us and how they will live on in our hearts and our minds and also in san francisco fire department's history because they gave their lives in their duties. thank you so much for everyone that's in attendance. we have uniformed members of this department. we have many of the civilian members of this department. all of us hear your pain and grieve with you and continue to grieve with you and you have my commitment that we will continue to be here with you as a family. not as replacements for tony and vince, but as supporters. and thos

when paramedics arrived, mr. graham said they give him in a possible ultimatum. >> i told them i had a service dog. i said i could not go anywhere without my service dog. they told me they cannot take my service dog. >> so they gave you an ultimatum? >> they said i would have to leave my dog, but i said i was not going without my dog. >> he had to call somebody to pick up the dog. he says he would like an apology and better trading for first responders. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. what discipline do you think should be handed out for first reponsders who separated an injured blind man from his service dog? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> 6:10. 49 degrees on tv hill. black friday may not be the best way to shop if you're looking for good deals. >> accusations against the new leaders and with the new government is doing about it. >> home entertainment is about to get smaller. latest offering coming to

. >> paramedics reached michael jackson's side at 12:26.ask dr. murray how long the patient had been in this condition? >> i did ask him that. >> what did dr. murray say in to that question? >> it just happened right when i called you. >> meaning five minutes eerl, not the nearly 30 minutes murray's phone records showed had past since the houston cocktail waitress noticed the drr wasn't answering her. the paramedic told the court that when he arrived on scene, jackson was blue and cool to the touch. he hooked up an electrocardio gram, jackson was flatlining. being down only five minutes didn't make sense to the paramedic, who pressed the doctor about more information about jackson. >> i asked what his underlying health condition was. he said, nothing, he has nothing. simply, that did not add up to me. >> then senef asked murray if jackson was using any drugs. >> at that point, he said no he's not taking anything. and then he followed that up with, i just gave him a little bit of lorazepam to sleep. >> senef says murray didn't mention the va

a paramedic on leave and the dc fire department launching an internal investigation.l began back on november 17th when the paramedic responded to a call for a woman experiencing abdominal pain. he determined the woman's condition was not so serious and declined to accompany her to howard university hospital. this despite the fact that the ambulance personnel asked that the paramedics stay with the patient. that woman later died. she was having an apparent heart attack. she was seen by a doctor and a cardiologist before she passed away, but the question now is if that paramedic did the right thing. >> we have a protocol that dictates the employee's actions. and that is why we're looking at this. we want to make sure the protocol was followed. if protocol was followed, then the employee may not be obligated to remain on the scene. if protocol was not followed, then there may have been an obligation that should have been followed. >> this is being compared to the death of new york journalist david rosenbaum. he died after emergency responders miss diagnosed him. they dro

paramedics are trying to do cpr to resuscitate a person who was shot. we are unsure how many times he was shot. crime scene tape is up. police are trying to keep people back. one man starts yelling at police. we have heard records that a cameraman was actually beaten up while trying to get video. we have also heard reports that this did not happen being damaged. some people are saying that it happened outside a coffee shop. anonymous has also taken to twitter saying that this was not involved with occupy protesters, this was a separate shooting not involving the occupy movement. we will keep trying to gather information about the shooting and to bring you more information right after this break. breaking news story one person had been shot at the occupy oakland encampment this happened just before 5:00 p.m. just about one hour ago at 1410 broadway. the occupy protesters say that their own paramedics were the first to try and give attention to the victim who was shot. there is no word on his condition at this hour. we do know that it was a man, we do not

. >> a blind veteran who uses a guide dog alleges that city paramedics refused to take him to the hospital unless he left his service doppler on the sidewalk. the former marine had been hit by a car on his way to a veterans day parade last week. david collins is live at our department headquarters with the latest. >> alleged ultimatum current into an internal investigation. also has put that kind of committee on edge. leaders say that many are afraid to call 911 because they are concerned that will be reduced service. this blonde labrador is more than curtis graham is best friend. >> he is a guide dog. he is my eyes. >> they are team, and until last week, they had been inseparable. curtis is a former marine. on veteran's day, they were invited to walk in the city's veterans day parade, but they never made it. curtis and his guide dog were struck by a car. >> that my dog first. his job is to protect me. they hit him first, and i did not know what was going on. i just grabbed him and pushed him out of the way so he would not get run over, and they hit me also. >> laying in the street, bruise

company is paramedic plus and assumes responsibilities at midnight.l thereforeen list local firefighters who are cross trained as paramedic and have them staff 10 of the ambulances this evening this switch over comes on one of the busiest nights of the year for emergency services. >> former fremont solar power company solyndra is auction oning off some of the assets as part of bankruptcy proceedings. starting wednesday buyers can get artwork that once hung on office wall, computers, solar panel and the company micro wave. they are still up for sale and facilities and major manufacturing equipment will not be auctioned that the point. solyndra received 500 million dollar federal loan but filed for bankruptcy in september and lid off 1,000 workers. >>> financial crisis in europe has claimed the first american casualty. mf global future brokerage run by john course who is annex chief executive of goldman sachs and former governor and senator of new jersey. they filed for bankruptcy after betting on the foreign chris's and looking. 40 billion dollar debt

. >> the baltimore city fire department is investigating a complaint that paramedics refused to treat a blind man unless he left his guide dog on the curb. the victim and his dog had just been struck by a car back in november. the victim is a former marine who says he was on his way to participate in the city's veterans day parade. david collins joins us live with more. >> as you mentioned, according to the complaint, city paramedics told curtis graham to leave his guide dog on the sidewalk or he would not receive far apart emergency services. this labrador is more than curtis graham is a best friend. >> he is a guide dog. he is my eyes. >> they are team, and until last week, they had been inseparable. curtis is a former marine. on veteran's day, they were invited to walk in the city's veterans day parade, but they never made it. on their way to a metro stop, curtis and his guide dog brought by a car -- were struck by a car. >> his job is to protect me. they hit him first, and i did not know what was going on, and i just grabbed him and pushed him out of the way so he would not get ru

but first, a blind veteran gets hit by a car and also gets an ult may ultimatum from the paramedics. leave the dog or you don't get a ride to the hospital. what he wants to have done about that. that's up next. >>> a blind maryland veteran wants an apology after paramedics told him to choose between going to the hospital or staying with his guide dog. curtis graham is a former marine and he and his yellow lab were invited to walk into baltimore veterans day parade, but the two were hit by a car when they were on their way to a metro stop. the paramedics responded, but curtis told them you either leave the dog or walk to the hospital. >> they didn't care. they didn't have any concern. i'm asking them, there's nowhere for them to be strapped. i said he doesn't need to be strapped down. he'll stay in one position. and they wouldn't do it. >> maryland law says nobody can deny the admittance of a service animal with somebody who has a disability. he filed a complaint. the fire department says it is looking into it. curtis did get to the hospital after he called his supervisor to watch his

as we said, police and paramedics surrounded this body once they got on scene. everybody was watching as they were pumping on this man's chest. i couldn't tell what age he was. he looked like he was african american. but they were not giving up on him. and you've reported he has since passed away. the news is making it around the camp. and people are crying, you're hearing stories that this had nothing to do with the occupy oakland movement. police at sort of standing guard, over the scene of where it happened. and people are just milling around, some people are praying, some people are telling us they hope that this isn't an end to the occupy movement because many say that this is unrelated and that they didn't recognize the people either of the people that were involved. there were many eyewitnesses to this. people who are telling me that they saw the man running away with the gun, go down 13th street. other people are saying they didn't recognize the actual victim who passed away who is on the ground. again we're trying to sort through all these stories, plea

. >>> new tonight, a paramedic with the d.c. fire department is on paid administrative leave right now after allegedly refusing to accompany a patient to the hospital. that patient later died. officials are now trying to determine if the five-year veteran ignored standard protocols or made a bad decision in assessing the condition of the 87-year-old woman who he was asked to help. fox 5s paul wagner was here with more on that story. paul. >> reporter: the fire chief declined to confirm the bask facts of the story today. our -- basic facts of the story today. our report is coming through sources. the paramedic assigned to engine 11 allegedly examined an 87-year-old woman and determined her condition was not serious. when asked to stay with the patient on the ride to the hospital with the e.m.t.s, the paramedic allegedly refused. since the fire department is not releasing the facts in the allegation, the patient's name and address or her medical condition, there is much we don't know; however, this much is clear: the 87-year-old w

company is paramedic plus and assumes responsibilities at midnight. company will thereforeen list local firefighters who are cross trained as paramedic and have them staff 10 of the ambulances this evening. switch over comes on one of the busiest nights of the year for emergency services. >> former fremont solar power company solyndra is auction oning off some of the assets as part of bankruptcy proceedings. starting wednesd buyers can get artwork that once hung on office wall, computers, solar panel and the company micro wave. they are still up for sale and facilities and major manufacturing equipment will not be auctioned that the point. solyndra received 500 million dollar federal loan but filed for bankruptcy in september and lid off 1,000 workers. >>> financial crisis in europe has claimed the first american casualty. mf global future brokerage run by john course who is annex chief executive of goldman sachs and former governor and senator of new jersey. they filed for bankruptcy after betting on the foreign chris's and looking. 40 billion dollar

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when paramedics arrived at the scene, curtis says they gave him an impossible demand and. >> told that i was a blind person, i told them i have a service dog. i said i could not go anywhere without my service dog. he is on the pavement. they told me that they could not take my service dog. >> they gave you a an ultimatum? leave your service dog or they will not treat you? >> they said i would have to leave my dog. i told them i was not going without my dog. >> after enactment, curtis was taken to moscow -- after a scene, curtis was taken to hospital but not before calling someone to take the dog. curtis says he would like an apology and better trained for first responders. police in montgomery county are combing through surveillance footage try to identify more than 50 people who swarmed and then picked apart a silver spring 7-11. this was the scene saturday night after the massive throng of teenagers overran the store, blocking the counter while others took what they wanted and left. officers tracked down six suspects and not far from the scene and are reviewing the video to identify

at that point, paramedics and police still weren't on the scene. so people were sort of guarding his body that was on the ground. and it was hard to tell if he was getting any sort of medical aid from anybody at this point. i would say a few minutes later that's where paramedics and police started showing up and back away the crowd. in the midst of that it seemed like little fights were going on in the crowd. i could not tell what that was about because it was a chaotic scene. i would say about 10 minutes ago they took away the body. as they were putting him on the gurney, they were still pumping on his chest. it looked like appearing to resuscitate him. but they weren't giving us as they were taking him away. as he was leaving i heard many people in the crowd saying, we love you. and there were people crying. there were people yelling out, we're going to pray for you. now, you know people are just sort of standing around. just sort of wandering around in disbelief just talking about what's happened. i think people are in shock here. you know i've

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why a paramedic is on leave in the case. >> unusual circumstances brought this to the fairfax countycenter and they are searching for his owner. i'm peggy fox. coming up, i'll have the story. >>> let's say you found an injured lost dog, what would you do? probably not put it in your car for five hours while you go to work. >> that is what one woman did after finding a hurt dog running in traffic at prince georges county. she went to her job in alexandria. she called the fairfax county animal control hours later. >> now as peggy fox reports, finding the dog's owner has not been easy. >> nobody likes to live in a cage, especially when you have a good home with people you love. we don't know this little dog's name, but it's obvious he's somebody's pet. see how well he walks on a leash, and karen, director of the animal shelter says the dog doesn't like to eat alone. >> he clearly is stressed here. it's a large facility. it's noisy. he's not where he belongs and he knows. he is panting. >> nobody claimed that he has a wound on his hind light. he was saved by a woman who saw him running i

inspector general's office cited an unacceptable chain of failure by firefighters, paramedics, police officers and hospital personnel in the january, 2006 treatment of david rosenbaum, a new york times journalist who was assaulted near his northwest home during a robbery and later died. after the family filed a lawsuit the city agreed to put in place new protocols that would ensure the best care for people who called 911 for help. paul wagner, fox 5 news. >> the rosenbaum family agreed to drop its lawsuit after then mayor adrian fenty promised to form a task force. it was tasked with developing new protocols to ensure proper care of patients. chief ellerbe says this is the first time the protocols have come into question under his tenure. >>> this maryland woman charged with concealing a dead body after burying her stillborn baby in the woods. lisa steele of oxon hill gave birth september 17th and claims the baby was stillborn. five days later police in prince william county, virginia, found her after responding to a trespassing call. they found the baby buried in a shallow grave. pol