Myrtle Beach resident and veteran fire-rescue provider David Elliott completes a book entitled “The Illustrated History of Rescue and EMS” detailing the dramatic advancements in emergency medical care in just over two decades. Highlighted is the fact that many adults clearly recall a time when the local funeral home transported the sick to hospitals, and often with no care. Now, of course, highly trained paramedics provide life-saving procedures and medications on scene and en-route to emergency rooms.
Though the book includes a great deal of local historical pictures and information, it is a broad topic and the book will be marketed nationwide. Pre-sale orders are now being accepted by contacting the author directly at cdavidelliott@yahoo.com or www.bluerampublishing.com.
David Elliott began his exposure to EMS as the child of a Chapel Hill Fireman. Beyond this, he became a Junior Member of the Williamston (NC) Rescue Squad at the age of 14, at 18 he became a volunteer EMT with the Orange County Rescue Squad and a volunteer fireman and EMT with the Parkwood Fire Department in Durham, NC. Since then his career includes having advanced to EMT-Intermediate, Paramedic, and Fire Driver with Parkwood and Lebanon Fire Departments in Durham, NC and Murrell’s Inlet-Garden City Fire in South Carolina. He is now a Firefighter-Paramedic with Horry County.
Throughout his career, David has been a volunteer Lieutenant with the Parkwood Fire Department and advanced through the ranks to Chief of the Orange County Rescue Squad in NC while simultaneously serving as the paid Assistant Chief of the neighboring South Orange Rescue Squad. He’s also worked with private ambulance companies, hospital-based and county government-based EMS agencies, which contributes to his expertise in the field. Awards include being voted Officer of the Year by the Membership of the Orange County Rescue Squad in 1997 and achieving the President of the United States’ Call to Service Award in 2005 for his volunteer service to the community.