EMS Week 2015

This year’s EMS Week 2015 theme is EMS STRONG, and we asked you to share stories of when a pediatric patient made you feel like a superhero. We received dozens of submissions, and here are the six finalists.

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Today, tomorrow, or next year? Coping with PTSD in EMS
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Most of the time, emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics respond to non-urgent emergencies but there are also “rough” calls that are traumatic and disturbing
Medics share a typical day with social media
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Twitter messages, videos, and photos share a day in the life of Toronto paramedics during National Paramedic Services Week
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DEA narcotic tracking requirements
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Minn. man celebrates 36 years as an EMT
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Buckwheat Johnson continues as an EMT because of his compassion for friends and neighbors
Chicago medics reunite with cardiac arrest survivors
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EMS providers, cardiac arrest survivors and bystanders who started CPR before responders arrived all met to celebrate and express their gratitude
FDNY EMS recognizes cardiac arrest survivors and rescuers
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11 cardiac arrest survivors were reunited at the 21st Second Chance Ceremony with the rescuers who saved their lives
Documentary shows trauma, hope of Austin-Travis County EMS
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"Black Cloud" is a documentary film about trauma, hope, and Austin-Travis County EMS. With an unprecedented amount of access, Emmy nominated filmmaker Christopher Kim has crafted a film about the emotional cost of saving lives - from the perspectives of the saviors and the saved. Black Cloud will make its debut at the Sundance Film Festival. Watch the official Black Cloud movie trailer.
Give your support to a National EMS Memorial
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A permanent memorial would create a place of respect to call our own and recognize the efforts of EMS providers across the U.S.
Obama administration releases presidential proclamation of EMS Week
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The proclamation thanks all EMS providers and encourages all Americans to show support for their local first responders
It felt great to be recognized as the child's 'paramedic'
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As a medic who popped a girl’s knee back into place I never expected her to recognize me years later in the grocery store
Compassion and conversation provide comfort to a scared child
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I am not sure if I have ever been the unquestionable difference between life and death, but I can tell stories about making patients feel better on their worst days well into the night
How my sister’s death created a family of first responders
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I went on to become a paramedic to prevent other people from suffering the way my family did on one awful night
How our team saved a boy impaled on a boat trailer
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EMTs, firefighters, and cops came together to extricate a 10-year-old with a bolt through his skull, and we all learned the importance of working together
My EMS career is inspired by the medics that tried to save my niece
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Like those medics I now know my true calling is to be a hero in someone else's eyes, but a normal everyday person through my own eyes
How a newborn left in a toilet became our godchild
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We weren't sure what happened to the infant abandoned in a toilet until, as fate would have it, the child was adopted by our friend
Screaming infant: Airway is open and patent
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Calming an inconsolable infant is ‘cape worthy’ and why I will always carry a binky in my work bag
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