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#PartnerProject crowdsources photos to show support for EMS partners

Ginger Locke wants to send a collage of support to FDNY EMT Yadira Arroyo’s partner Monique Williams

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EMT Yadira Arroyo.

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AUSTIN, Texas — A paramedic and podcast host started a movement to send well wishes and support to the partner of fallen FDNY EMT Yadira Arroyo.

Ginger Locke, a paramedic, professor and podcast host of Medic Mindset, wants to send a collage of support to Arroyo’s partner Monique Williams.

“Remember, no matter where you are, we are all in this together,” a Facebook post read.

Through the hashtag, EMS providers are posting pictures with their partners.

“The response to the request for pictures has been overwhelming,” Locke wrote on Facebook. “Many have said you want to participate but have never taken a photo with your partner. This is your chance and there’s plenty of time. I’m taking this one slowly so we can do it right.”

To participate, tag your picture with #PartnerProject and set it to “public” for the photos to be seen.

https://www.facebook.com/medicmindset/photos/a.1469447769738192.1073741832.1469382253078077/1708444382505195/?type=3&theater https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=422061611489660&set=a.143584272670730.1073741828.100010574731338&type=3&theater https://www.facebook.com/fdcpr/photos/a.738919852846472.1073741828.736533176418473/1463015847103532/?type=3&theater https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=422132341482587&set=a.143584272670730.1073741828.100010574731338&type=3&theater https://www.facebook.com/medicmindset/photos/a.1469447769738192.1073741832.1469382253078077/1706752456007721/?type=3&theater

The Medic Mindset podcast is created and hosted by Ginger Locke, BA, NRP. As an associate professor of EMS Professions at Austin (TX) Community College, she has immersed herself in the art and science of how medics think and perform. In interviews with medics and subject-matter experts, she thoughtfully explores the inner-workings of the minds of medics. Prior to becoming a paramedic, she studied social psychology at the University of Georgia and the University of Leicester, UK. Her professional endeavors revolve around the conviction that the most important and complicated tool in EMS in the brain of the medic.