EMS Advocacy
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The veteran dispatcher said she will miss the interesting calls and the opportunity to help people
Dispatcher Chanda Jumet said the delivery was a positive reminder of why she loves her job
Here are five things I learned about becoming an EMT 20 years after I first became an EMT
Supervisor Josh Brumwell said the bicyclist broke down at the scene, saying it was his only form of transportation
Dusty Rousseau transported the 21-year-old, who relapsed after leaving rehab, to the hospital and asked staff to keep an eye on him until he could return
On-the-job advice culled from interviewing EMTs and paramedics with more than 30 years of field experience
The 28-year veteran said he’s delivered around 20 babies throughout his career
Kory and Camille Landwehr aren’t normally allowed to work shifts together, but were permitted to do so on Christmas
Terry Barber said one of the toughest calls he’s responded to was a drunk driver that crashed into a group of Girl Scouts and killed several
Dispatcher Dasha Fox had just begun her shift when she received a 911 call about a girl who had lost most of her right foot in a mowing incident
Ashley Bermudez stayed on the line with a dispatcher as three men broke into her home
Paramedic Mark Weidberg was driving home from work when he saw a vehicle had veered into a ditch
In the final moments of her life, Rose received love and compassion from the nursing home staff entrusted to be present with her
Santa and EMS crews visited the homes of children who required EMS over the last year
Firefighters, EMS providers and police officers attended the award ceremony, in which three first place prizes were selected
Dispatcher Liesel Hadfield instructed the boy’s sister and father how to perform CPR
Daniel Wesley’s high school raised $5,000 to help him with medical expenses
Kaheem, 5, who is battling leukemia, started out his dream-come-true day on a Montgomery County fire truck
Dolores Miozza offered to give the two paramedics money for the cake, but they turned her down
Firefighter Jose Zambrano said he hopes his “special kind of crazy” will support his effort to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Paramedic Josh Cooper helped Breshon Atkins deliver her son before transporting them to the hospital last month
Dispatcher Kelly Dennis guided officers to a stabbing victim who didn’t know her location by having officers honk their horns in the area
The dispatcher talked the man through delivering the newborn until first responders arrived
Joseph Leifkin told paramedics he couldn’t die, because he had a date scheduled with his wife for his 91st birthday
William Schmidt was in his living room when he heard honking and a loud crash outside his home
O’Fallon-Shiloh EMS said they started collecting toys for one child last year for one of their own whose daughter had been diagnosed with cancer
Lawrence Kurtz said he will never forget a call where a man’s leg and foot were touching his right ear after a tractor accident
Colleagues said whenever Caron Wind’s voice was heard over the radio, responders knew exactly who it was
Lt. Anthony Perkins said becoming a first responder has never been a question, it has always been a given for him
