Paramedic who told stroke patient ‘Jesus isn’t coming to help you’ and forced her to crawl downstairs with brain bleed is struck off
A paramedic has been struck off after telling a stroke patient that "Jesus isn't coming to help you" and forcing her to crawl down the stairs despite her suffering a brain bleed. A disciplinary panel found the paramedic's conduct fell seriously short of the standards expected of emergency medical staff, resulting in the removal of their registration to practise.
The case centred on the paramedic's treatment of a vulnerable patient who required urgent stroke care, with the panel concluding that the remarks made and the physical demands placed on her amounted to a serious breach of professional conduct. The regulator's decision to strike the paramedic off means they are barred from working in the profession, reflecting the severity of the failings identified in the case.
- Paramedic struck off over mistreatment of a stroke patient.
- Told the patient "Jesus isn't coming to help you".
- Patient with a brain bleed was made to crawl downstairs.
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Stroke care depends on paramedics recognising the condition quickly and getting patients to hospital without delay, since brain damage from a stroke can worsen with every passing minute. Paramedics in the UK are regulated by a professional body that sets standards of care and can remove someone's right to practise if those standards are seriously breached. This case involves allegations that a paramedic failed to meet those standards while treating a patient having a stroke.
Cases like this typically go before a disciplinary panel, referred to as a fitness-to-practise hearing, which examines evidence and decides whether a healthcare worker's actions fell short of what is expected. Being "struck off" means the individual's name is removed from the official register, meaning they can no longer legally work as a paramedic. Such hearings are usually made public to maintain trust in emergency medical services.