Drug overdoses are unpredictable and often difficult for emergency responders to treat as the patient is often not in a state to give any details and things are often chaotic. However,no one could have predicted the events that occurred when first responders arrived on the scene to treat a 25-year old man in the throes of an overdose in Riverwood, Australia.
Newsweek reports that when paramedics arrived, and they were met with an indignant mob of the young man’s relatives. They were indignant and attempted to prevent the paramedics from treating the patient. Soon,the altercation gathered the attention of approximately 80 men who joined in the harassment of the paramedics.
Eventually, one of them took a run at a female paramedic, and injuring her shoulder. The paramedics barricaded themselves inside the ambulance as the indignant mob external demanded a defibrillator and other medical gear,insisting they could treat the ailing man. The man eventually died because paramedics were unable to treat him.
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Source: inquisitr.com