EMS Heroes
The EMS heroes topic covers articles and recent news about EMS providers that go above and beyond the call of duty.
“It’s not that millennials and alphas don’t want to work; it’s that they don’t want to be lied to anymore, and let’s be honest: EMS has been living a lie for too long.”
Respect and admiration for one of us is respect and admiration for all of us
Darrell Jennings and his family aided 28 neighbors in their living room after a violent EF-4 tornado tore through their Putnam County, Tennessee, neighborhood
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An off-duty EMT who lives in the area heard the crash and helped the driver get out of the car
Off-duty EMTs Sweeny and Bundschuh improvised to save a person that was actively bleeding from the neck
Al Kochenderfer, 73, is Vietnam vet, retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel and has spent more than four decades as an EMT
A retired FDNY rescue paramedic clutched onto the agitated man and stayed with him until Port Authority police arrived
Chatham EMS District Chief Doug Lewis has served as a tactical paramedic supporting local law enforcement agencies since 2007
Kianti Champion, 19, who recently received her EMT certification, started chest compressions on the child until help arrived
The paramedics saw the car crash, stopped to help and pulled the man out of the car before it caught on fire
Shabiah Gordon was in cardiac arrest and first responders began chest compressions for the next 45 minutes until they maintained a pulse
Joseph V. Russo would go on to win the award for Staten Island’s “EMT of the Year” in 2015
An Ohio off-duty West Chester paramedic climbed inside a burning SUV after a crash in Franklin to rescue the driver trapped inside
Firefighters from 19 departments across Wisconsin will staff Madison fire stations and ambulances on Sunday so Madison firefighters can attend a memorial service for firefighter Todd Mahoney
The winner of the challenge gets two free NAEMSP Annual Meeting registration passes
Omaha Fire Department firefighters were called to fellow Firefighter-Paramedic Jeremy Knott’s home, but were unable to resuscitate him
EMT Joe Siciliano is part of a Billy Joel/Elton John tribute band called Face to Face LI
The first responders invited were firefighters, police officers, ambulance personnel, paramedics, and dispatchers and others
Aberdeen Fire Chief Tom Hubbard said Pauley stands out as a firefighter due to his knowledge of the area, as well as his dedication to the citizens he’s served for so many years
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
Customers who come into the shop might actually end up with a tattoo artist who is still an active first responder
Hundreds of volunteers gathered at B&O Railroad Museum to fill 10,000 goodie pouches for Baltimore’s first responders
Raymond Wasson collapsed after a performance with the Breezy Point Bagpipers in August of last year
The Portsmouth Regional Hospital honored the agencies at its annual EMS appreciation banquet Thursday, May 23 at the Jarvis Center
EMSSTAT paramedics serve as Norman, Moore and Goldsby’s first medical responders and have earned the American Heart Association’s highest level of recognition every year since 2015
Three ambulances were used to deliver food to the Lincoln Park Community Center and the Penn Hills Service Association
Crews have responded to the airport multiple times for “hard landings,” usually resulting in sprains and or fractures
A study conducted by the National EMS Memorial Foundation will help determine the best location for the National EMS Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Michael Guttenberg and William Ryan passed away from 9/11-related illnesses
Canton Firefighter/Medic Benjamin Lasure was awarded Paramedic of the Year for action he took when called May 6 to a burning house
An ambulance transported Evan Rasmussen from the pediatric intensive-care unit at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children to his high school graduation
Mike Ragan reunited with Ed Sparks, one of the EMS professionals who saved his life as part of the kickoff to National EMS Week
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