Despite the efforts of other passers-by, including trained first aider Anne-Marie Hoy who was on her way to work at a nearby care home, and an ambulance paramedic, Mr Aryaei Nekoo died before he could be taken to hospital.
One London Ambulance Service paramedic told Health Which? that response time figures are often deliberately altered if they are over the eight-minute target.
Eleven years ago we were promised a paramedic on every ambulance.
Ross Culligan, a paramedic with Wiltshire Air Ambulance, described the scene as "chaotic".
Raymond Edensor, paramedic at West Midlands Ambulance Service.
As a result, it said one paramedic was dismissed, another had resigned and two ambulance staff were given warnings.
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Then a paramedic will give details of the kind of problems ambulance crews face when trying to save the life of someone injured in a car crash.
This time, the means of transport is an ambulance rather than a taxi, and the hero is a weary paramedic by the name of Frank Pierce (Nicolas Cage).
Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) raises funds to cover the cost of both the helicopter and paramedic crew.
The North East Ambulance Service "failed" a man who died from a heart attack after a paramedic refused to administer drugs, a coroner has said.
Essex paramedic Ian Harvey told how a pregnant woman was recently taken to hospital by car because an ambulance was unavailable.
"We immediately sent a paramedic in a rapid response vehicle who was with the family in two minutes, and because an ambulance wasn't immediately available this dad did exactly the right thing by taking the initiative as he did, " she said.
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