A person was arrested after a BC Ambulance was broken on Wednesday.
Paramedic public data officer Brian Twaites mentioned in a press release {that a} affected person “turned combative and broken the within of a parked ambulance within the Vancouver Common Hospital ambulance bay,” at roughly 4 p.m.
The paramedics who had been within the ambulance with the affected person had been capable of get out safely and weren’t injured, Twaites mentioned.
“The ambulance has been taken out of service to be cleaned and repaired and has been changed with a special car from the BCEHS fleet,” he added.
Twaites mentioned Vancouver police had been referred to as and took the affected person into custody.
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Police confirmed that officers had been referred to as to the hospital after a person allegedly started damaging the within of an ambulance, trying to smash home windows and grabbing needles from a sharps container.
“When our officers arrived, the suspect was sitting within the driver’s seat of the ambulance and gave the impression to be attempting to begin the engine,” Vancouver police mentioned in a press release.
“Officers used a police automobile to dam within the ambulance, then took the suspect into custody. A bean-bag shotgun was fired through the arrest because of the suspect’s violent behaviour and since he didn’t adjust to police instructions.”
Police mentioned the person has not been charged right now.
Twaites mentioned they’re decided to guard paramedics and supply them with no matter they want following the incident.
“We’re dedicated to doing every thing we will to ensure BCEHS staff are capable of do their jobs as safely as attainable, and we have now elevated our violence prevention coaching and the psychological well being helps we provide our paramedics,” he mentioned.
“As we do with any critical incident of this nature, we have now notified WorkSafeBC and can evaluate the circumstances of the incident to find something that may be discovered from it, in order that any suggestions could be applied as quickly as attainable.”
In line with Emergency Well being Providers, from 2020 to 2025, there have been seven recorded incidents of sufferers damaging ambulances, and most often, the injury was minor.
The Ambulance Paramedics of BC didn’t reply to World Information’ request for an interview.
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