EMS Heroes
The EMS heroes topic covers articles and recent news about EMS providers that go above and beyond the call of duty.
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Mike Flanagan served more than 350 volunteer hours in 2017, including teaching CPR classes and helping during Hurricane Irma
Daniel Helsel said it was fate that put him in the back of another ambulance on his birthday
Officer William Eng raced up three flights of stairs to perform CPR on the unresponsive 29-day-old baby
Elizabeth Poff arrived at a gun store and found the boy locked in the safe with no one at the store able to open it
Patrick Jett became certified as an EMT and spent as much time as he could on calls or in the classroom
EMTs Shannon Muttram and Colby Jackson helped paramedic Callen Daquioag treat other victims of the shooting despite being shot themselves
Noelle Lambert lost her left leg after losing control of a moped and crashing into a dump truck
Port of Seattle Fire Captain David Washington rescued Zachary Oehrke after he overdosed in an airport bathroom
Despite several surgeries to repair the badly injured leg, Rory Barros’ doctors told him it cannot be saved
Shaun Hartley-Foster walked out into the highway with his high-visibility jacket on and two torches to warn drivers of a crashed vehicle
Funds for the nearly $4,000 memorial stone, feauturing the Fireman’s and EMT prayers, came through donations
“She closed her eyes for a minute, and her heart rate just accelerated, I could see it palpating in her chest,” Graeme Cooper said
Lou “Uncle Lou” Jordan was a National EMS Museum executive and Rocco Morando Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
Zache Cox and Frantzi Honore responded to a medical call and noticed the carbon monoxide detectors were registering high levels of gas
Rory Barros, who was pinned against the rear of his ambulance, was named EMS Person of the Year after pushing his partner out of danger
Pafford EMS vehicles led a procession that left Little Rock, Arkansas, Friday morning carrying Spruiell’s body to Sulligent, Alabama, for the funeral
Queensland Ambulance Service shared a photo of paramedic Graeme Cooper and his patient looking out at the ocean
Paramedics Clinton Faulkner and Anthony Perrone said Caden was very calm after the crash and was “such a brave little boy for his age”
Nurse Elise Wilson of Dudley was stabbed 11 times; she is recovering from life-threatening injuries
Jamie Foxx started the opening ceremony by standing onstage amongst first responders and leading the crowd in an emotional show of gratitude
The three EMS providers rushed to help the girl after her father and grandfather brought her to the station
A paramedic and his partner were called to check on an elderly woman who had fallen, and she said she would be fine if she drank a Big Red
Officer Jared Yaris was working at a construction site when passerby Edward Rocha alerted him to the crash
The dispatcher gave the boy CPR instructions that he translated to his mother who was trying to save his baby sister
The paramedic and firefighter were both passing by when they saw the fiery crash and stopped to help
Silvana Shirvanian hadn’t seen any of them since waking up the morning of Aug. 8, unable to get out of bed
Their quick actions helped save the life a toddler who fell out of a two-story window two months ago
Officials thanked Sutherland Springs EMS providers for helping ensure speedy treatment of the wounded
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