EMT plays prank on worker, prank turns fatal

01-26-06, 02:54 PM

http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet...=1137833607005

dude, how can anyone think zappong a co-worker with a defibrillator is a prank....

Quote:

Joshua Philip Martin was in his fourth day on the job as a rescue-squad worker when, in a playful mood, he decided to reach into the front seat of the ambulance and zap one of his co-workers with the defibrillator paddles. The rookie's mistake was fatal.

reese · 01-26-06, 03:06 PM

wow, that's pretty sad. You wouldn't think an EMT would do such a thing!

01-26-06, 03:07 PM

yea, what are the teaching in these schools?!?!?! the guy was even told not to touch it...