BACK IN DECEMBER THERE WAS A NATIONWIDE FOCUS on a situation in San Antonio, Texas, when an ambulance crew left an alive woman for dead in a wrecked auto.

Briefly, after a head-on crash, three victims from one car were being treated by the San Antonio Fire and Rescue paramedics.  One of the passengers was presumed to be dead, so they covered her with a body tarp and concentrated on treating the other two women who had “non-life threatening” injuries.

After everybody from fire and rescue had left the scene, one of the police officers saw the “dead” woman breathe.  A coroner’s deputy on the scene called for an ambulance.  This was two hours later.  She later died at the hospital.

Yesterday it was announced that three of the paramedics involved have had their paramedic licenses suspended by the state health board for 12 months.

KABB-TV San Antonio has a video report of yesterday’s actions:

The 11-page state disciplinary action notice is HERE (.pdf document).

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