Man posed as paramedic, police say

[MMiz]

Man posed as paramedic, police say

An Amarillo man already busted for impersonating a public servant has been arrested again, this time for allegedly pretending to be a paramedic and providing medical treatment to people at events around town.

Zachary Paul Harris, 22, is accused of attending events such as Homer's Backyard Ball in May under the guise of a paramedic working for a fictitious ambulance service, said Jeremy Fowler, Randall County assistant district attorney.

Harris was already serving a five-year deferred sentence for pretending to be a Texas marshal in 2007. While there are U.S. marshals, Texas marshals do not exist.

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[nomofica]

Another sad, lonely attention seeker.

What I'm curious about is where was an LEO at the scene of the MVC where the individual treated a pt?

 

[VentMedic]

Witnesses told authorities that Harris wore cargo pants similar to those worn by paramedics and carried medical gear, including a stethoscope.

Considering the endless threads on the EMS forums about tricked out POVs with light bars and personal trauma bags complete with O2 tanks as well as the patch holders who wear their EMT(P) outfits 24/7 just waiting to play Johnny Rescue, it is not surprising that no one noticed this person.

 

[MrBrown]

Considering the endless threads on the EMS forums about tricked out POVs with light bars and personal trauma bags complete with O2 tanks as well as the patch holders who wear their EMT(P) outfits 24/7 just waiting to play Johnny Rescue, it is not surprising that no one noticed this person.

Boy I am glad I come from a country where the entry to practice standard will soon be a one year tertiary Diploma or a Bachelors Degree and almost any kind of lights on your vehicle bar orange and yellow which nobody takes any notice of are illegal!

 

[EMSLaw]

Boy I am glad I come from a country where the entry to practice standard will soon be a one year tertiary Diploma or a Bachelors Degree and almost any kind of lights on your vehicle bar orange and yellow which nobody takes any notice of are illegal!

People impersonate /doctors/. I doubt that your entry-level education will dissuade someone crazy enough to impersonate a medic from actually doing it.

 

[RyanMidd]

Call me a troll, but only one sentence in there really stuck out to me:

Impersonating a public servant (LEO, etc) is a felony.

Impersonating a paramedic (and only if you administer care) is a misdemeanor.


Something the EMS industry needs to address and bring onto par with FF and LEO laws.