WISHWAN Seetloo was drunk and remembers nothing of his behaviour in the early hours of Thursday morning when he lashed out, punched and badly injured a paramedic who came to his aid.

The 22-year-old apologised for his actions after passing out at a wedding in Epping, in Melbourne’s north, about 12.40am. When family members called for an ambulance, he attacked those trying to treat him.

He admits he does not know what he was doing but is sorry.

“I wasn’t conscious. I don’t know what I was doing,” Mr Seetloo said.

“I would like to apologise because I don’t want this happening to anybody. I want to say sorry for it.”

The apology is too little, too late for the ambulance worker who was hospitalised with back pain and suffered a bruise under the eye.

Paul, whose surname has been withheld, told his side of the story for the first time this morning during an interview with 3AW host Neil Mitchell.

He said he is “stiff and sore and sorry for myself” and that his pain is being masked by painkillers.

It was reported that the paramedic with 19 years’ experience was punched in the face and suffered another injury. Paul revealed how his back was injured during the incident.

“It was a glancing blow, just a little bruise under my right eye (but as) I’m ducking the strikes ... this alcohol intoxicated male toppled the stretcher.

“I reached out and grabbed it and effectively took a 200kg load and quite badly strained my back.”

He continued working that morning but as the pain increased, he admitted himself to hospital. Paul said he can’t return to work because of the pain and does not want to meet the man who caused his injuries.

“I’m probably a little bit numb in some respects,” he said. “I heard this young fella wanted to apologise and wanted to meet. I’m not sure how I feel about that just yet. Not just now.

“I think I need to acknowledge that it’s great he does feel remorseful, but ... if one of us loses an eye or is pushed down stairs and gets an acquired brain injury, an apology doesn’t help.”

The comments follow another night of confrontations for paramedics in Victoria. One was punched a number of times and another was kicked.

Earlier this week, two women who bashed a paramedic while they were intoxicated had their sentences quashed because they had difficult childhoods and had battled drug, alcohol and mental health problems.

Caris Underwood, 22, and Amanda Warren, 33, repeatedly punched and kicked paramedic Paul Judd after a two-day binge on bourbon, champagne and cannabis in Reservoir, in Melbourne’s north.

Mr Judd wiped away tears on Tuesday as Judge Barbara Cotterell overturned the women’s prison sentences imposed last December in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.

Paul says he hopes Victoria does not get to a point where that sort of behaviour is “normalised”.

“I’ve been involved in the industry since 1999 in a couple of different states,” he said.

“Paramedics are exposed to occupational violence almost every shift and that has been worsening every year since I became an ambo.

“Everyone can imagine those situations where someone’s jumping up and down and letting loose with a tirade of abuse — they’re affected by drugs ... but there are people that are just naturally abusing people. We’re having to de-escalate more jobs than not.

“I’m (concerned) ... I’ve felt threatened in the past but we exercise the drills, we use our judgment, we call for police. I’ve never been injured before but once bitten, twice shy.”

Mr Seetloo told Ten Eyewitness News he could not remember what happened after the ambulance was called.

Victoria Police are investigating and no charges have yet been laid.