A comment to the article:
Happens all the time. People get a "save them" mentality, start barking orders because it doesn't look how they saw it on TV. They start getting aggressive towards the paramedics, who rightfully tell the people to back off or they can't treat the patient. Drunk people interpret that as a threat, and start trying to gain control of the situation over the medics. The medics sense an escalating situation and begin to leave the scene, as the only thing that comes second to patient care, is their own safety. This causes the drunk bystanders to really get angry and start threatening death and violence unless the medics "save them". No medic will treat a patient under the threat of violence, and they have no obligation to. So they leave. All the while it never dawns on the angry people that they are literally standing between their loved ones and the care they need. Seen it happen many a time as a medic. Sad that this time it resulted in a death.