EMS Heroes
The EMS heroes topic covers articles and recent news about EMS providers that go above and beyond the call of duty.
Through sheer force of will by first responders, healthcare workers and the city as a whole, the COVID-19 battle is winding down, but leaves scars
Brainerd North Memorial Ambulance paramedics performed CPR on Karla Milinovich for 45 minutes; by the time she reached the hospital, she had flatlined four times
From fulfilling dying wishes to finishing house work for a patient, EMS providers performed some pretty incredible acts of kindness this year
Street signs at Boston Road and E. 169th Street will be co-named for Yadira Arroyo
Sedgwick County EMS paramedics Leigh Chambers and Gabe Shults treated 18-month-old Kason Dube after he was pulled from a half-frozen pond
Veteran paramedic David Blackstone recently had hip surgery, but he hopes to return to the EMS industry when he is back on his feet
Sarah Ketner and her boyfriend, Jake Whorton, were the first to perform CPR on a man who was shot in a movie theater parking lot
Harvey Hall, the longest-serving former mayor of Bakersfield, founder of Hall Ambulance Service, Inc. and community champion, died Saturday
Joshua Granada and Carlos Tavarez recalled their experience as the first to treat victims on the same day that more people were killed by a mass shooter
Jacey Stone said that while she “is not a spotlight person,” she was honored to win the 2017 South Carolina Paramedic of the Year Award
Mark Greczkowski presented an AED to Lowe’s after his father, who works at the store, went into cardiac arrest while on the job
Todd Zobrist, who rescued a baby from the vehicle submerged in the frigid waters of Silver Lake, was awarded the Firefighting Medal of Honor
The dog, nicknamed Winks, was doused in bleach to possibly cover up any DNA from his owner
Steve Martin, a 21-year veteran paramedic, was talking to his son when he heard someone knock at the door for help
Responders surprised Zac Cannady, who has spina bifida, with a helicopter ride to thank him for his years of support
In honor of Nurses Appreciation Week, we take a look at five nurses, both on and off duty, who went the extra mile for their patients
When paramedics and EMTs responded to the October crash, they found Ivana Fore trapped in the driver’s seat, and her daughter Emma unconscious
The fundraiser was held for Rory Barros to help with his out-of-pocket expenses for a high-tech military prosthetic that could cost upwards of $200,000
Christiana Corrado was at a 7-Eleven when she saw the car crash into a transformer and noticed that the driver was slumped over and in apparent cardiac arrest
Michael Rosenthal, an Army Green Beret, said his brother Greg was the reason he “ended up joining the Special Forces and became a medic myself”
Erica Bartlett was at the Holiday Inn Resort in Panama City Beach when she noticed a little boy floating on his back in the pool
Mary Esserman was determined to find Finn, a dog who had escaped after a patient’s semi-truck was involved in a rollover crash
Joe Cruz, who retired after 25 years of service, received the medal in the mail after it had been sitting in a drawer ever since the attacks
Rory Barros was hit by a drunk driver while responding to a crash last August
Huntington Fire Chief Jan Rader, who was recently featured in the Netflix documentary “Heroin(e),” was recognized for raising awareness about the opioid crisis
Roanoke County firefighter-paramedic Andrew Goodpasture was in the “middle of nowhere” when he came across a woman trying to give her grandchild CPR
Two Birmingham Fire and Rescue responders transported a 30-year military veteran to the hospital and finished his yardwork afterward
EMT Vivian Lomacang saved a mother and her premature baby in 1998 and started a bond with two women that would last 20 years and counting
Heather Fleming, a 34-year-old intensive care nurse, was in a morning spin class when a fellow spinner collapsed and appeared to go into cardiac arrest
Dispatcher Stacie Rosedale met Kaylessie St. Martin, whose parents were instructed by Rosedale over the phone on how to deliver her on a bathroom floor
Curtis Brown reunited with Kristina Anderson, whom he carried out of a campus building after she had been shot three times in the 2007 incident
Diana Woolf competed to help raise money and awareness for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and her personal campaign, Rescue 4 PTSD
Brewster Ambulance paramedic Erika Apicella said her “greatest birthday present” was being able to spend her last two birthdays saving patients’ lives
