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Hero of the Week

EMS providers save people from medical emergencies every day, but two Ore. AMR paramedics deserve recognition for saving a boy from being abducted
The door was bolted, so he wiggled through an eight-inch opening to rescue an elderly woman who fell and was hypothermic
He dragged the cardiac patient more than a quarter mile to the nearest ambulance during a response to to a 30-car pileup in New Jersey.
The Netherlands foundation has granted nearly 6,000 wishes, including a woman’s recent desire to see a Rembrandt exhibit, since it was founded in 2007 by a man who was inspired by a patient’s love for sailing
After cardiac arrest resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful, EMS, police and fire personnel returned to the patient home to finish his shoveling off the roof
He started performing CPR, stayed calm and called for help when is father collapsed with a heart attack
He gave CPR instructions over the phone despite the police department’s lack of emergency medical dispatch certification
A 10-year-old noticed the victim of a car crash appeared to be deaf, and ran over to help medics communicate with the injured woman
Rather than retiring, former Air Force reservist and highway patrol trooper Don Hennessy became an EMT
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
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
The on-call medic’s quick response saved the station, and a firefighter trapped inside
After a scared child arrived at the hospital, the clinical manager saw all three “gathered around the gurney and serenading the little one”
They carried the patient down snowbound streets for about a mile to the hospital
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
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
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
Ala. medic Cameron Padbury showed bravery and commitment to patient care when a transport quickly turned into a life-threatening situation