EMS Heroes
The EMS heroes topic covers articles and recent news about EMS providers that go above and beyond the call of duty.
What can we do about dead weight, lazy, ambivalent, substandard providers in our midst?
Chief Dukes also serves as member of Board of Directors for International Association of Emergency Medical Service Chiefs
EMS systems and communities marked this year’s National EMS Week with ceremonies and events
He was honored by the Department of Defense for helping to assemble medical supplies for the N.C. Army National Guard to use for training
His parents tracked down the medics who saved him from a near-fatal anaphylactic attack and invited them to his birthday bash
He was working out when the app PulsePoint alerted him on his phone that someone in the parking oh his health club had suffered sudden cardiac arrest
The dispatcher and crisis negotiator convinced the gunman to surrender in part through their calm demeanor
With his bare hands, he bent the locked door in half from the top down; the glass shattered and he pulled the driver to safety
They were ankle-deep in water, and saved the man’s life by delivering an electric shock while at an air show
When he mentioned his desire to attend his son’s graduation during a hospital transport, and EMT who lost her father talked to her supervisor and got the ball rolling
The monument was dedicated in remembrance of the first five EMS and fire professionals who died in the line of duty
She’s served for more than two decades and is responsible for the district’s basic life support training
Ed, who had been a forest ranger with a passion for the outdoors, wanted to be among nature one last time
They were part of different crews and happened to be at the hospital on separate calls when a woman ran into the ER saying a baby was being born in the parking lot
A medic and a patient suffered only smoke inhalation due to his quick actions
She was at work when someone ran into her office and asked if anyone knew CPR; she got her certification this year
All three responders said that they immediately fell back on their training, which helped ensure a safe delivery even if the circumstances weren’t ideal
Skyler James was saved by Charlie Heflin in 1995 when her birth mother abandoned her in a cemetery
Two officers performed CPR and shocked the downed bagpiper for 5 minutes until paramedics arrived
Certified as an EMT in the 1970s, she began disaster relief work after 9/11
From heavy traffic, to poor equipment, to terrorism victims, ‘ambulance drivers’ in Karachi have seen it all
They organized a bone marrow drive after EMT and volunteer firefighter Will Frawley, 28, was diagnosed with a type of cancer
He has Alport Syndrome; departments have come together to organize bake sales, a bracelet fundraiser and a gospel singing benefit to help one of their own
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