Paramedics often respond to different emergencies. Calls are usually made in a state of panic, and they have little to no information when responding. Sometimes, they may be headed to a situation that potentially puts them at a big risk. It sounds nothing less than a nightmare when a person gets assaulted while they are just trying to do their job.

Two paramedics were responding to a patient who hit the emergency button in their vehicle. They broadcast a message to all other communications and broadcast openly to all crews on the channel.

A crew member noted, “We’ve got a crew being assaulted. Help!” Another ambulance that was six minutes away from the scene was sent to check on the paramedics. One of the crew members asked them, “Okay. Just to confirm, were you assaulted by the patient?”

She replied, “Physically assaulted.” She assured them, “We have someone on the way to you. They are about five to six minutes out.” Even other crew members who heard their coworkers’ request for help felt disturbed by the distress call.

After the two paramedics were safe, other crew members went to their station while on break to check on them. One of the victims revealed, “I’m a bit sore. She tried to like push me out of the window.” Another one added, “Yeah. Well, we both just got hit a lot. From the moment that she opened the door to the moment that she first grabbed my hair.”

Such incidents are common in this field of work. According to Jennifer Taylor’s research, female paramedics were more at risk of being assaulted compared to men. She concluded 22 percent of women’s injuries were caused by being struck by a patient, compared to just 9% of men’s.

Over 382K people have watched the BBC‘s Ambulance on YouTube, which depicted the hardships of paramedic workers. Several viewers agreed how terrible it was to assault an emergency worker. One viewer commented, “From the very moment you either verbally or physically abuse any NHS worker you should instantly be billed for your treatment and care.”

A nurse posted, “I’m a nurse, and I’m fed up with hearing it’s part of our job, NO IT’S NOT.” Many people may use panic or mental health issues as reasons behind patients being violent in such situations. Needless to say, the aftermath of these incidents can be severe trauma, both mental and physical, even when the paramedics are trained for various circumstances.

One more added, “Good on them for thinking to hit their emergency button during all the chaos.” Another viewer chimed in, “How low can you be for assaulting the person trying to help you? Disgusting!” “That patient should go on a blocklist, and always have police with an ambulance when they call again,” suggested a viewer.

Disclaimer: Inquisitr could not independently confirm the facts of this incident and is reporting based on the information available within the public video record.