Left for Dead

JEMS.com Editor’s Note:Click here to read a news report of the errors noted in the treatment of San Antonio crash victim Erica Smith.

SAN ANTONIO — The state investigation into three San Antonio paramedics is now over. It is fallout from their failure to treat 23-year-old Erica Smith, who was left dying at an accident scene last December.

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No-Bid Ambulance Contract Riles Henry County (KY)

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Paramedics with man on stretcher in ambulance, showing low angle view.

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