Violence against paramedics | DW Documentary
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มิ.ย. 2019
- As paramedics, Marcus Müller and Tobias Filler, who work in Offenbach, are there for anyone who is injured and needs help. But their dream job is turning into a nightmare.
The paramedics at the Workers' Samaritan Federation in Offenbach have all experienced some form of violence while on duty in recent years. Insults are commonplace. They’re often spat at, hit or even threatened with knives. It’s a complicated situation. They can’t defend themselves and if they leave, they could be accused of failing to provide assistance. DW accompanied Marcus Müller and Tobias Filler on a nightshift. A report by Nele Dehnenkamp.
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These people need more appreciation
Shiki Samekto they are probably doing it to get into a med school or nursing school. I’m not saying it should be dangerous. And there are some who do this as a career. There should be a union.
@David DeVito better pay atleast! like nurses and people caring for the elderly.
It's similar issues all over the world. Nurses, emergency response employees, etc are treated with disrespect. People think they can behave however they like because they feel they are victims. Needs an international law to protect these workers.
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not everywhere....only in certain countries with certain issues;)
Spot on with that comment on everybody feels like they are goddamn victims of whatever.
German paramedics saved my life in 2000. So grateful for them and wish they were treated with more respect.
mine too
They haven't saved mine yet (I'm from The Netherlands though) but considering they do have saved so many others...
I really don't understand how people can even consider violence against paramedics...
People who physically abuse paramedics need to be locked up.
These selfless people are amazing!! I’m in tears! Also, I’m blind and want to say how much I appreciate the English voice over instead of just subtitles!!
It is worthwhile mentioning this, Thank you for this documentary DW , these people and their work is so important and yet so not appreciated. . I wonder how they still keep doing that and helping the people who need them.👏👏👏🌸🌼🌺
It's the same thing everywhere in Europe !Mental patient, drunkard and junkies are the nightmares of emergency!
Liberal governments let them roam the streets instead of putting them into institutions like before.
@@osopolar2022 rightwingers cut treatments and support systems meaning more people living on the street blowing their brains with drink and drugs.
Same in Australia.
@@gerryhouska2859 Australia have the kind of problems !
@@Steven19886 I don't know what happen in the rest of world !
Wow , some people are ungrateful
Rather animalistic
Try being a nurse😏
These first responders are Hero's! Pure and simple, they are there to help. God bless them and take care of them.
A huge respect for this heroes...
This is true all across the health field. Paramedics, nurses, nurse aids, doctors....all of us are expected to deal with abuse, verbal and physical. It's stressful and leads to massive burnout.
Been working as a paramedic for 10 years and it’s true we tend to get lots of violent behavior from the patients, or their families members!
these are marvelous documentaries that DW are producing, keep up the great work.
These life savers should be trained to depart the scene if their own safety is jeopardized. They don't earn sufficient income to put themselves in the way of harm.
@@Steven19886 No... there isn't. They should be able to refuse service or have a police officer roll with them, especially on Saturdays.
Danke for this report.
10:24
"Resorting to violence is not an alternative" ... "That's not our job, that's what the police are there for" LOL
All of these people are true Heroes!!!!!!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Well done boys... many respects to you all 🙏🏽
South Africa experiencing this too... sad as these fine people are doing such a vital job... yet to meet one (paramedic) that's rude... unheard of... sad...
Best to avoid areas which have become known as 'hot spots'.
what an amazing team!
I really respect those people but I would not stable enough to do the job.
Most of us are not stable enough, including me. We lack that special temperament.
Its everywhere. Every country it seems. Medical staff, EMTs, Paramedics are being assaulted. It should be not so, yet society has been off its axis like....forever. People are so different and the moral compass has lessened.
These Paramedics are courageous.
Angels on Earth
If I become a paramedic I would honestly see an attack as free sparring classes
it's unfortunate to see what is happening to these people when at the end of the day, what they are just trying to do is help people and make a living for themselves. I hope the situation improves
Why the f*** would anyone attack a paramedic???
We deal with the sane thing here in the US. Like already mentioned, healthcare workers all over the world are too often disrespected by those they're trying to help. It's just part of the job.
The police and paramedics need to be dispatched together.
Dispatch centers are decentralized and germany has a shortage of police officers and paramedics, as for the latter the situation is slightly improving now.
*A co-worker landed his dream job @ Seattle fire department in 1999.
Working out of West Seattle , he said they were targeted & shot at. Fact.
Wow! 😲
@@justlivemyway , yeah unfortunately true.
Same with doctors. Some bad people seem to only fear those who will use violence against them like police or military.
What a shame..... those good people, giving of themselves to help others?.... sad.....
It's a class A felony to assault or impede a paramedic in the line of duty in my state. I'm a 25 year medic, and they recently gave us bullet proof vests, that's how bad it's getting.
Thank you for explaining what a taser is.....
Sad
I want to be a paramedic and I wish someone would have a go at me and I can make sure the hospital doesn't go broke
The lesson: we must preserve our health and stay away from any type of crime or disturbances. If one does not, then your freedom and life will come into the power of hell and all its employees, whose aim is to sedate, imprison, and torture you. Thus, ones health and ethical conduct will determine whether one goes to hell (jail, hospital, graveyard).
I was thinking of becoming a Paramedic in Germany. After I watched this documentary I want to become a paramedic in Germany or any other place in Europe.🙂
These Paramedics have the patience of Saints!
Don't take every drug you have at home at once. One at a time and be grateful. If you are in a bad mood, don't take anything. Solve the problem you're having, because no drug will solve it for you. You have to take responsibility for your own life. Then love people even when they don't deserve it :)
@@Steven19886 Thank you. It's your choice brother. I choose to love because the other word is satanic and we think it lowers the mind frequency to beta. I want to be on a high-frequency preferably alfa frequency ^_^
@@Steven19886 I think we have to choose. What do you think?
In the states the fire dept would at least get $900-1,300 for a call out lol
ronald4life1 in Texas they carry ar 15s or at least a clock
In germani the feuerwehr get at list 3000€.
What state do you live in? Everywhere I know, it's free.
Which place is this?
Germany.
Symptoms of increasing inequality and poverty
Voltaire ; the one's that are in charge have law's against criticizing them .
I think it has more to do with drugs and moral breakdown than wealth or poverty.
Not necessarily, most of this is perpetrated by drunk people who exist in all classes and pockets of society.
Junkies... how can people be so naive. Do not even try drugs EVER. That's all you need to do. Be passive.
is it a co incidence that DW decided to post this? given the violence against doctors, and also there was a nationwide strike in government hospitals as a result.like allll the goverment hospitals..all of them
Alcohol and Amphetamines fueled a murder recently at my town house complex, a few doors away from my door.
Moral of this story: Pot smokers are mellow and cooperative, whereas drinkers/druggies are combative and angry. Hmmm, wonder if law-enforcement as well as medical assist is making the connection? Seems a no-brainer to me. No black eyes, no deadly car wrecks, no hang overs, no domestic violence. Pot vs alcohol/drugs? Pot for me.
And no one in history has over dosed and died from pot. It's truly a magical plant.
Inhaling the smoke is not good for the lungs. It's a mildly hallucinogenic drug and that can't be good. A lot of people start with pot and then move on to other drugs. You can't convince me that no harm is done.
Cause they feel they are entitled...wen u strip that entitlement away pple will appreciate shit more.
Like make them pay for it directly! 🤣
Or an absolute equals a nice €€€€ fine!
DW !! TENGAN SU LIKE !! :D !!
4:50 I see the croc plague has made it's way to Germany
Whatever they're paid, double it
I understand what these paramedics go though, but at the same time these are people with mental health and substance abuse issues. I see people trying to paint them as ungrateful while looking past this fact. It’s just wrong. They need real treatment, not “locking up” as if that has helped anything for decades.
These kinds of situations happen all the time here in the us. Are Germans not used to seeing this kind of stuff?
How do i become a paramedic in Germany ?
You have to study 3 years on a certified Emergency Medicine School to become a Paramedic in Germany. In Germany Paramedics are called Notfallsanitäter. There are two different types of professions. The Rettungssanitäter (3 month to study) similar to EMT Basic level and the Notfallsanitäter (3 years to study) which is similar to a critical care Paramedic. In most areas an ambulance team consists of one Notfallsanitäter (who treats the pt.) and one Rettungssanitäter (who drives the Ambulance and assists the Notfallsanitäter on scene).
+1
Bro In The U.S.A. 75% 0F FIREFIGHTER'S R Train As EMT's 0r PARAMEDIC'S
they should not have to wait on drug atic zombie, what a waist to society, I am so sick of zombies no hope.
Germans
If not police training, how about paramedic training for the Phoenix police
Maybe a solution for Phoenix, but as far as it concerns germany, this wouldn't be possible for a lot of legal issues. There are some vital laws colliding with each other, namely the duty of an officer to investigate and the duty of a healthcare provider to keep secrecy about the conversation with his patient.
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i dont understand this documentary. if they resist you should stop trying to help.
German efficiency is a Joke LOL. 20 people for one guy lol
It has nothing to do with efficiency. It has to do with how difficult the patient is.
yeah, in American they would just need one, because they would shoot him in the head...
Danke Merkel!
job has its perks, not so long ago one paramedic was cough having sex with barely conscious patients.
Turkish medical doctors, paramedics specialists earn as monthly wage netto 1000 euros per month, with no perks. Turkish medical doctors pension wages are between 600 euros to 850 euros per month according to their longevity of tenures and capabilities as surgeons and harshness of their productivity and workloads. Whenever the ex Head of Turkey Turgut Ozal had died, Turkish paramedics had arrived to his scene with very old, outdated ambulances, his lawyer that we know intimately told us and to the public in the beginning of 1990's. Turkish people mainly have complete 3rd world mentality and Iqs. Current population of Turkey is 82 million, lots of modern , contemporary ambulances are available in large cities of Turkey with paramedics and brand new hospitals have been erected, but literacy rates are always low among turks. There are 22 million blue and white collar turkish workers and 13 million turkish pensioners living in Turkey. 220 Turkish and Northern Cyprus Universities are available to get more than 1.5 million turks into the universities, only 11 of those total universities give english, german language medium of instructions in their university courses. In all throughout Turkey, 130.000 medical doctors and dentist have been currently working. There are 90.000 large and medium sized mosques with 5 times prayings at very high volumes which can beat all decibel movements in the country which make people blurry, not confidant with their lives, at pychologically demoralizing types, nobody want to go and pray inside those mosques , only on Fridays.
Danke Merkel... Du schaffe das
*Die-versity is our strength! Never happened years ago when Germany was mainly German*
That is NOT true.
Poland the Germany's Eastern neighbour has nothing like that, the difference is clean. Immigration.
So why are polish people flooding the United Kingdom, if Poland is that great,🤷🏿♂️
@@Yourfavoritehomie game, set and match ! :D
Diversity is our strength...
Welcome to multiculturalism!
Has nothing to do with it
how is this connected to multiculturalism?
@@thequeenofcydonia because in some people's minds Germany was nirvana with no problems before rising immigration from the 1960s onwards. A history lesson would clear up this fantasy, but it's hard to accept facts that go against your ideology.