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Saturday, September 3, 2011

'CATCH ME IF YOU CAN' TEEN MATHEW SCHEIDT BUSTED

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A CRAZY teen who posed as a physicians assistant and performed CPR and chest compressions on unsuspecting patients has been busted. 
Mathew Scheidt was just 17-years old, when he somehow managed to obtain hospital credentials as a physicians assistant, which allowed him perform physical examinations on patients, view their confidential records and interview them. 
He told staff at the Osceola Regional Medical Center, Florida that he he had been on a university medical programme. 
But the teen, who's antics echo the Leonardo DiCaprio's movie 'Catch Me If You Can' was eventually busted after trying to enter a restricted area of the hospital in Kissimmee, FL. 
Stacie Miller, public information officer for the Kissimmee Police Department, said: "He was able to go hands-on with a couple of patients.
"He changed bandages. There was one report where he did a physical examination on some disrobed male patients. "There's a report where he possibly did chest compressions for about five minutes to a cardiac patient."
Astonishingly it's not the first time he's posed as someone else. 
He's previously been removed from a teenage law enforcement training course after impersonating a deputy sheriff by wearing a police badge and bulletproof vest.
During his week in the emergency room, Scheidt dressed in surgical scrubs and a lab coat while posing as a physician's assistant, and continued asking for a full-access badge to the rest of the hospital.
According to records, he obtained hospital credentials by claiming to be a physician's assistant in a program at Nova Southeastern University, records show.
He has been charged with five counts of impersonating a physician's assistant.


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