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For centuries going back to Leonardo da Vinci, humans have innovated and perfected ways to protect their health amid hazardous conditions
Following World War I, military veterans-turned-first responders expanded the challenge coin tradition to public safety organizations
Are those historical skills a blessing or a curse?
Richard Simpson was one of the first paramedics in Miami
From 1968, it required a $20 licensing fee for every ambulance, 6-month inspections by the police chief, and rules on the numbers of linens
“They were racing down the road ... whoever got there first, usually got to do the funeral.”
William “Bill” Brown discusses the importance of the Registry and the long road to earning the industry’s acceptance of the organization
Mantooth spoke about bringing paramedics into people’s living rooms for the first time with the show “Emergency!” and what it’s like to be the nation’s most famous paramedic
First 911 call placed and received in Haleyville, Ala. on Feb. 16, 1968; marketing and education opportunity ever since
Thom Dick, a paramedic, caregiver and advocate for patients and providers, discusses his more than 40 years in EMS