The is the shocking moment a former Florida paramedic threw a terminally ill patient out of a gurney on to an emergency room floor.

Kenneth Hallenbeck, 35, was fired from his position as a paramedic in March after flipping James Slater, a 49-year-old hospice patient, out of a medical gurney at the Florida hospital in February.

The incident at the Rockledge hospital occurred after Slater wouldn't get out of the bed and into a wheelchair. Slater said there were no beds available.

Brevard County paramedic Kenneth Hallenbeck, 35, was fired after he flipped terminally ill patient James Slater off of a gurney in a Florida emergency room

'He started screaming and then grabbed the gurney and picked it up and threw me on the floor,' Slater told Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 'That's when the guy behind the counter said, "You need to go call your boss, I have to call the police department".'

Brevard County Fire and Rescue fired Hallenbeck in March, after he'd been with the organization for 11 years, according to UPI.

He was originally charged with felony abuse of an elderly or disabled man, but the charged was reduced to the misdemeanor charge of culpable negligence.

Slater's medical condition, which has been kept confidential, doesn't classify him as a 'disabled adult', the State Attorney's Office said.

The incident occurred after Slater wouldn't get out of the gurney and into a wheelchair, the hospice patient said

When Slater said he wanted to stay in the stretcher because no beds were available, Hallenbeck flipped the gurney on its side

Slater fell out of the bed on to the floor of the emergency room floor as Hallenbeck appeared to continue to point at the wheelchair

'Because of this uncertainty, litigation of this matter would likely have prolonged disposition of the case beyond the victim's life expectancy and subjected him to stress that could have aggravated his condition,' Assistant Florida State Attorney Gary Beatty said.

He continued: 'The misdemeanor charge facilitates a quick resolution of the case that will ensure Mr. Hallenbeck surrenders his paramedics licenses and assures he will not be able to work as a paramedic in the future.'

Hallenbeck must also surrender his paramedic license, according to Florida Today. This 'assures he will not be able to work as a paramedic in the future'. Beatty said.

The former paramedic is next scheduled to be sentenced in court later this month.

Slater said he has an attorney and that the American Civil Liberties Union's Florida chapter is looking into his situation.

Hallenbeck flipped the gurney up right and looked on as Slater sat on the hospital floor in complete shock