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b'This episode of Inside EMS is brought to you by Lexipol, the experts in policy, training, wellness support and grants assistance for first responders and government leaders. To learn more, visit\\xa0lexipol.com.\\nIn the first episode of the 10th year in EMS, Cohost Chris Cebollero is joined by the legal powerhouse of Page, Wolfberg & Wirth\\u2019s EMS Attorneys Doug Wolfberg, Esq.; and Steve Wirth, Esq. to discuss the case everyone is talking about.\\nAn Illinois prosecutor has filed virtually unprecedented first-degree murder charges against two EMS providers over the death of a patient in their care. Wolfberg and Wirth broke down the points of the case and the lessons for EMS in an EMS1 article, "Malpractice or murder: When do EMS providers cross the line from negligence to a crime?" \\xa0\\xa0\\nIn this episode, Wolfberg and Wirth share their first impressions of the case and the body camera footage of the incident.\\nWolfberg noted what hit him was the \\u201ccallous, cold, very detached, aggressive demeanor of the providers.\\u201d \\u201cYou get into EMS because you care for people \\u2013 how do you get to the point to what we saw in the video \\u2013 that\\u2019s really where I keep coming back to,\\u201d \\xa0Wolfberg said.\\nWirth added, \\u201cit wasn\\u2019t until I looked at the video that I felt outraged \\u2013 outraged is the word that comes to my mind \\u2013 how could a human being deal with another human being in this fashion \\u2013 basically treat another human being as an inanimate object.\\u201d He asked, \\u201chow does this happen \\u2026 because we can\\u2019t allow this to happen; we can\\u2019t.\\u201d\\nAre first-degree murder charges warranted in this case? See how EMS1 listeners are weighing in.'