Patient 'lashed out' at paramedics on Birmingham bus

Image source, West Midlands Ambulance Service

Image caption, The patient was found unconscious on the top deck of the bus on Priory Queensway, Birmingham

A man who is said to have lashed out at two paramedics while he was receiving treatment on a bus has been arrested.

West Midlands Ambulance Service said a crew was responding to a man in cardiac arrest on the top deck of a Birmingham bus shortly after 21:00 BST on Tuesday.

"As they tried to treat him, he came round and lashed out," a WMAS spokesperson said.

The emergency responders were unhurt and the man was taken into custody by West Midlands Police.

The patient, who was discovered unconscious on the bus outside a music shop on Priory Queensway in Birmingham city centre, had to be restrained by the ambulance crew until police arrived, WMAS said.

He was assessed at the scene before being discharged into the custody of the West Midlands force.

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West Midlands Police said the man, aged 30, had been arrested on suspicion of two counts of assault and remained in custody.

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