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From the Mid-Hudson Valley Perspective Archive
Rookie EMT Zapped Co-worker with Defibrillator, Killing Her
LEBANON, Va. - Joshua Philip Martin was in his fourth day on the job as a rescue-squad worker in Russell County 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.
(Posted Wednesday, January 25, 2006 ) <Read it>
--Richmond Times-Dispatch--
Editorial Comment
Here we have an instrument meant to save lives that is quite capable of killing - like a gun meant for self-defense. If we accepted the “logic” of the gun-banners, we should ignore all the lives that defribrillators save and they should be banned. - BK