EMS Heroes
The EMS heroes topic covers articles and recent news about EMS providers that go above and beyond the call of duty.
The National EMS Memorial Service recognizes EMS providers who their all
If you suspect your patient may be suicidal, don’t be nervous or shy about clearly asking about intent
Freedom House in 1960s Pittsburgh trained young African-American men and women to become some of the first US paramedics
They launched a program where employees stocked bags containing items like soap and Band-Aids to keep on ambulances and hand out to those in need
A father quit his job and became a first responder after a firefighter saved his 17-year-old autistic son from choking during a seizure
He attacked the blaze so responders could extricate a man, who later died, from a burning car after a collision
After getting his own financial problems in order, he’s paying it forward by raising more than $1,000 so far for a struggling family
Fundraising for others is an important way for him and his fiancée to give back
We rounded up five of the top stories that show EMS providers going above and beyond the call of duty
She had two broken legs and a severed femoral artery from a compound fracture; he applied a tourniquet and treated her for shock until medics arrived
A man who lives under the bridge helped her out of the water, walked her to a responding ambulance, then “kind of disappeared in the midst of the whole thing”
Despite their own injuries, they extricated themselves from their rolled ambulance and aided two other people hurt in a collision
She helped deliver the baby in the front seat of her truck about a half-mile from the hospital
EMT Ben Foley saw a collision on the way to a Christmas party, and stopped to help a semi-conscious driver as the vehicle filled with smoke
He stopped to a help at a collision on a bridge and pulled a semi-conscious driver from the vehicle as he saw flames
The on-call medic’s quick response saved the station, and a firefighter trapped inside
Brad Welch, 28, a paramedic and trained firefighter, raced across a parking lot from his home, started a fire engine and extinguished the flames after hearing a panicked radio call
He responded to both cardiac arrest calls, and will be recognized as Paramedic of the Year
After a scared child arrived at the hospital, the clinical manager saw all three “gathered around the gurney and serenading the little one”
Patrick O’Brien and two former paramedics resuscitate a man down at a Canadian hockey game
They carried the patient down snowbound streets for about a mile to the hospital
Due to feet of snow, it was not possible to get in or out of the hospital by vehicle
After scaling the cliff, medic Marco Barros told 4-year-old Sebastion Johnson to think of Spiderman as he loaded the boy into a rescue basket
The scene captivated 19,441 fans, the game stopped and both teams watched in worry; the 67-year-old woman died less than 24 hours later at a hospital
He’s battling the same type of brain cancer that led 29-year-old Brittany Maynard to end her own life, sparking a national debate about ‘Death with Dignity’ laws
The official opening marked a symbolic return to some sense of normalcy for the site where the towers toppled
He at first thought it was a prank, but soon put the situation together and sent responders to her home
Boyd County EMS implemented a protocol for pre-hospital induced hypothermia and cooling of the cardiac arrest patient after the heart had been restarted
Jessica Galvin made the life-saving call to treat him on the scene; she is the first woman to receive her community’s local EMT of the Year award
