A woman threw potatoes and sprayed aerosols at paramedics who were trying to help her.
Rebecca Stevenson, 26, had been behaving aggressively towards the paramedics while they attended to her following an incident on May 7.
Stevenson, of Nelson Street, Accrington, assaulted them both inside and outside the ambulance. They received minor injuries.
Last Friday (September 13) at Preston Crown Court she was sentenced to 11 months in prison.
Det. Ch. Insp Andy Horne of Lancashire Police's east division said: “Assaults on anyone, including emergency workers, will not be tolerated.
“Those paramedics attended to Stevenson to help her, not to have objects thrown at them.
"These assaults are not, and never will be tolerated in Lancashire and I welcome the custodial sentence handed down on Stevenson.
"I hope that this shows others, who may think it acceptable to assault emergency workers, that we will take these incidents seriously, and we will bring you before the courts.”
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