1999 Notices of EMS Fatalities

Paramedic Student Debra Scott
Age:	36
Date of Death:	November 14, 1999
Date of Funeral:	November 17, 1999
Agency:	Our Lady of the Lake College, Baton Rouge, LA
Cause of Death:	EMS involved MVA
Paramedic Gary Zingler
Age:	38
Date of Death:	November 12, 1999
Date of Funeral:	November 17, 1999
Agency:	Medstar Ambulance, Mt. Clemens, MI
Cause of Death:	Car vs. Pedestrian while attempting to assist an emergency scene outside his residence
EMT David Thomas Nall
Age:	40
Date of Death:	August 26, 1999
Date of Funeral:	August 29, 1999
Agency:	Town of Jay Volunteer Fire Dept., Jay, FL
Cause of Death:	AMI while treating patient
Flight Paramedic Mac Atteberry
Age:	32
Date of Death:	July 17, 1999
Date of Funeral:	TBA
Agency:	Hermann Hospital Life Flight, Houston, TX
Cause of Death:	Crash of medi-vac helicopter
Flight Nurse Lynn Ethridge
Age:	35
Date of Death:	July 17, 1999
Date of Funeral:	TBA
Agency:	Hermann Hospital Life Flight, Houston, TX
Cause of Death:	Crash of medi-vac helicopter
Pilot John Pittman
Age:	58
Date of Death:	July 17, 1999
Date of Funeral:	TBA
Agency:	Hermann Hospital Life Flight, Houston, TX
Cause of Death:	Crash of medi-vac helicopter
Firefighter/Paramedic Brian Pottberg
Age:	25
Date of Death:	July 15, 1999
Date of Funeral:	July 19, 1999
Agency:	Lee's Summit Fire Department, Lee's Summit, MO
Cause of Death:	Drowning during dive rescue drill
Pilot Don Green
Age:	46
Date of Death:	June 14, 1999
Date of Funeral:	TBA
Agency:	University of Kentucky: Chandler Medical Center/ Petroleum Helicopters Inc., Lexington, KY
Cause of Death:	Med-evac aircraft accident
Paramedic Brian Harden
Age:	31
Date of Death:	June 14, 1999
Date of Funeral:	TBA
Agency:	University of Kentucky: Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Cause of Death:	Med-evac aircraft accident
Pilot Ernie Jones
Age:	49
Date of Death:	June 14, 1999
Date of Funeral:	TBA
Agency:	University of Kentucky: Chandler Medical Center/ Petroleum Helicopters Inc., Lexington, KY
Cause of Death:	Med-evac aircraft accident
Flight Nurse Sheila Zellers
Age:	43
Date of Death:	June 14, 1999
Date of Funeral:	TBA
Agency:	University of Kentucky: Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Cause of Death:	Med-evac aircraft accident
Paramedic Keith Knight
Age:	32
Date of Death:	May 20, 1999
Date of Funeral:	May 23, 1999
Agency:	Acadian Ambulance Service, Lafayette, LA
Cause of Death:	Injuries sustained in an ambulance involved MVA
Flight Nurse Kathy Batterman
Age:	44
Date of Death:	April 3, 1999
Date of Funeral:	April 8, 1999
Agency:	Valley Hospitial Flight for Life, Las Vegas, NV
Cause of Death:	Air Ambulance Crash
Pilot James Bond Jr.
Age:	46
Date of Death:	April 3, 1999
Date of Funeral:	April 1999
Agency:	Valley Hospitial Flight For Life, Las Vegas, NV
Cause of Death:	Air Ambulance Crash
Flight Nurse Leroy Shelton
Age:	37
Date of Death:	April 4, 1999
Date of Funeral:	April 10, 1999
Agency:	Valley Hospitial Flight for Life, Las Vegas, NV
Cause of Death:	Air Ambulance Crash
EMT, RN Brenda G. Hage
Age:	39
Date of Death:	January 14, 1999
Date of Funeral:	January 18, 1999
Agency:	Pine County Ambulance Service, Pine City, MN
Cause of Death:	Struck by a motor vehicle while packaging a patient

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The posting of a Notice of EMS Fatality is for notification purposes only. It is based upon information submitted to the National EMS Memorial Service regarding the death of an EMS provider which may be in the Line of Duty but which has not yet been fully investigated by us.

The posting of a Notice of EMS Fatality does not indicate acceptance to the National EMS Memorial Service. Inclusion in the National EMS Memorial Service requires that a nominee meet the NEMSMS Criteria, a careful review of information on the Nomination Form and from all other sources, and an affirmative vote of the National EMS Memorial Service Board of Directors.

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