Garage condos are the latest must-have for the well-to-do. For between $42,000 and $116,000, a company called GarageTown USA will sell a posh garage to people who need a place to store their toys, work on hot rods or expand their businesses. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Saving the living has always been the No. 1 priority for a New York City ambulance crew. But a select group of paramedics may soon have a different task altogether: saving the dead. The city is considering creating a special ambulance whose crew would rush to collect the newly deceased and preserve the body so that the organs might be taken for transplant. picked by lpoindexter 1 year ago

A Hoopa man who drove his car over an embankment on State Route 299 allegedly stole an ambulance when emergency workers came to help him, then led police on an hour-long chase Thursday night. picked by psycmoe 9 months ago

A West Virginia ambulance driver has been charged with driving under the influence of controlled substances after he ran two red lights with a patient in the back. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Betty Owen is 92 and after a stroke four years ago, needs a feeding tube and can't walk. But she was determined not to miss Tuesday's election. She arrived at her polling place on a gurney in an ambulance, where an election judge and support worker climbed aboard with an electronic voting machine and let her cast her ballot. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

An ambulance called into town to help with ailing marathoner got lost enroute to the hospital. picked by Maven 2 years ago

Whilst ambulance officers in Melbourne worked on a nine year old girl, thieves robbed their vehicles of vital radio equipment. After the tragedy of losing the child, the paramedics were disgusted to discover the theft. picked by teaya21 3 years ago

The government has ordered an Internet auction site to remove an advertisement in which a Brazilian man offered to sell his wife for about $50. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Hold a garage sale. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

As the nation battles the obesity crisis, ambulance crews are trying to improve how they transport extremely heavy patients, who become significantly more difficult to move as they surpass 350 pounds. And caring for such patients is expensive, requiring costly equipment and extra workers, so some ambulance companies have started charging higher fees for especially overweight people. picked by bingo 1 month ago

When Nicola Ortner's husband collapsed from an apparent heart attack in their North Olmsted home on Father's Day, she called 9-1-1. The dispatcher answered immediately, sent help to the street address and stayed on the line to give Ortner CPR instructions. But the street the ambulance was dispatched to was 20 miles from Ortner, who had one hand on the phone while using the other hand in a frantic ... read full post picked by TraumaMamma 5 months ago

The troubled life of Britney Spears added a new chapter when the intoxicated pop star was whisked away in an ambulance after police were called to her house to help end a nearly three-hour custody standoff involving her young sons. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

Apparently, this happens once or twice a year. picked by tundramonkey 3 years ago

The driver complained to a colleague that he was 15 minutes past the end of his duty and wanted to clock off.

The News of the World reported that he got out of the ambulance without even telling his replacement there was a critically sick case being tended by another medic in the back. picked by DAVEthefish 6 months ago

Security noticed that he appeared to smell of alcohol and was attempting to set up an intravenous fluid transfusion on himself. picked by Proverb 2 years ago

How some people abuse 911, the city ambulances and emergency rooms. Example one is "Ricky Alardo, a homeless alcoholic nicknamed Ricky Ricardo" who "swigs cheap vodka by day at his favorite corner in Washington Heights, then calls an ambulance to chauffeur him to the hospital for a free meal and a warm place to sleep, courtesy of taxpayers who fund his Medicaid benefits. picked by suebe 5 months ago

Think the title says it all, except for wheres the brain dead category picked by teaya21 3 years ago

A diabetic man rushes to the hospital. He manages to pull in and collapses outside his car. Nurses rush to render aid. A meter-maid ignores the frantic life-saving attempt and tries to give the car a ticket for pulling into a ambulance bay, ignoring the nurses and even the ambulance men explanations. Unbelievable picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

A driver unfamiliar with the area and relying on navigational equipment took a wrong road back to the hospital. No one knows if the delay contributed to her death - probably it didn't but the family says they'll never know. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

The so-called "bariatric response team" is called in when the patient weighs between 400 pounds (181 kilograms) and 1,000 pounds (453 kg)... picked by DrNothing 2 years ago