Russia-Ukraine War

The ambulances were purchased at a used car lot and will be shipped, said Brock Bierman, founder of Volunteer Ambulance Corps

Yuliia "Taira" Paievska was selected to receive an International Women of Courage Award, along with 10 other women from around the world

Santa Ana Police Officer Scott Caceres is raising funds to help his friend Giovanni Roman with medical expenses

Pete Reed, a former Marine, was evacuating civilians in the city of Bakhmut at the time of his death

Sterling's city manager is asking organizations to help fill the apparatus with trauma-related medical supplies

Naperville's International MedTec series 4300 rig had been a reserve vehicle, was destined for Mexico, then went to a Ukrainian hospital before its current location

Area Ambulance Service is the latest U.S. agency to donate a used rig instead of selling it

Tim Rubert is credited with efforts to bring medical supplies to Ukraine and for advocating to get an EMS workforce bill introduced in Congress

Yuliia Paievska, who was held captive for three months, gave the Helsinki Commission a detailed, searing account of detainees' suffering and deaths

“Initial stabilization and good pre-hospital care can make all the difference in these situations,” said Dr. Florian Schmitzberger

The organization also delivered generators and refrigerators for blood products

The donated satellite phones, medications, supplies and ambulances will go to first responders and medical centers

OSF HealthCare, Advanced Medical Transport, the Peoria Fire Department and others have also been donating medical gear

A CNN news team saw the tactic firsthand as they accompanied paramedics responding to a call to help a wounded man

"These medical supplies will help alleviate the suffering of Ukrainian civilians and soldiers injured in the war," said NAEMT President Bruce Evans