EMS Heroes
The EMS heroes topic covers articles and recent news about EMS providers that go above and beyond the call of duty.
A flight paramedic shares her harrowing experience of a severe allergic reaction to medication and her gratitude to the flight nurse who treated her
Seeing the brave first responders on Sept. 11, 2001, showed me what I wanted to be when I grew up
From coast to coast, these September 11 memorials stand as solemn reminders of the courage, sacrifice and enduring spirit that emerged in the wake of tragedy
From the longest ambulance ride with a patient to the biggest hospital on a ship, here are some EMS events and inventions that broke world records
Five Tulepo firefighters recorded 27 rescues in 3 days
Laura Flight was so grateful to an air ambulance company that rescued her father after a crash she got their logo tattooed on her arm
Kirsten Stokes thanked Steve Walker at reunion organized at her home
30-year EMS veteran jumped into the back of the ambulance, ‘gloved up’ and caught granddaughter
Man ran barefoot into woods toward flaming plane wreckage, scaled fence and pulled woman out before explosion
Two cops, EMT and two bystanders freed the woman as she was trapped in her car after an accident
Unconscious man had jumped into rough seas after his dog entered water
Firefighter-EMT Ben Porter, with the help of two others saved a man in cardiac arrest
Several commuters immediately jumped down to the tracks while others offered their hands to pull the 37-year-old woman and her son to safety
Heard the faint cries of someone calling for help
‘A car just ahead of me came to an abrupt stop, and a woman climbed out, walked around the front of her car and jumped over the side’
Marlins bullpen catcher Jeff Urgelles, a former firefighter and paramedic, was also called to the scene
‘Yesterday’s rescue was a textbook example of multiple CBP assets working for a common cause-the protection of welfare and life’
A vivid new memoir offers a personal and intimate account of Dr. John Pryor’s life
Reaching fallen hiker involved following track that is unsuitable for vehicles and crossing potato fields and barbed wire fencing
It was reported that she suffered from a seizure that prompted her to choke
She discovered himnot breathing and pinned in the garage beneath a car that had slipped from a jack
Caught the man’s wrist in midair as he fell
If agents agents see anyone trying to come into country anywhere other than official port of entry, person is normally detained.
12-year-old said she tried to call 911 but with car racing up to 80 mph, couldn’t unlock her cellphone
Despite escalation of assaults, murders, and gang activity, volunteer firefighter-medics remain undeterred
Original carrier chose medic who attended her injuries during the 7/7 bombings
Workers were stuck for hours at 35th floor, firefighters battled 104 degree heat
Training for worst-case scenarios will help keep us from falling apart when we need to be at our best
Head Coach Jerry Senters suffered a medical emergency during the team’s July 7 game
What can we do about dead weight, lazy, ambivalent, substandard providers in our midst?
He was walking home from work when he observed a commotion
Lana Kuykendallon was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis on May 11, four days after giving birth
