EMS Heroes
The EMS heroes topic covers articles and recent news about EMS providers that go above and beyond the call of duty.
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New Mexico State Police Officer Edward Garcia and a bystander EMT applied the tourniquet to a man who lost his leg in a crash
Brittany Speer set up a triage area at the concert after the shooting and was recognized with a Medal of Courage
Abigail Eanes jumped out of line at a Food Lion when she heard screaming and began treating the man who wassuffering cardiac arrest in a motorized cart
Debbie Taylor was on her way home when she collapsed six hours into the flight
Zachary Campbell said he dragged a woman 30 feet after she had been completely pinned in the vehicle
Kevin Kendrick thanked Cypress Creek EMS who saved him after he collapsed while at an urgent care center
Spring Grove EMS is raising money and collecting donations for the family of Samantha Stein, who was stabbed to death
After he had his hand fractured in an attack by a patient, John Liddle continued to treat the man for another half hour
Rory Barros, who has been in the hospital for four months, will be discharged in time for Christmas
Jason Williams cleared the woman鈥檚 airway after lying her down in the aisle with the help of her husband and the airline staff
Paramedic Jennifer Saiz, who is a cancer survivor, created a GoFundMe to raise money for Elijah Dimas and his family to attend an Oakland Raiders game
Dallas Fire-Rescue Firefighter-Paramedic William An was shot in his arm and leg while helping a victim who was lying in the middle of an East Dallas street
Rory Barros had the operation performed after having 14 surgeries to try and save his leg
The survivors raised more than $40,000 to assemble 1,000 baskets as a gesture of appreciation
Greg Rodevick and Rich Eldridge responded to a knee injury when Ty Solomon collapsed in the bench area of the arena
For the ninth year, Michigan supermarket Meijer teamed up with first responders for 鈥淪hop with a Hero鈥
EMT Bre Jackson just had lunch at Chipotle when she heard gunshots and saw an injured bystander
Charles Avery, the EMS programs director at Bainbridge State College, realized he needed to create an all-out celebration of Blair Williams鈥 dream after meeting her for the first time
Colleagues and friends will hold a benefit chili dinner and auction for Brian 鈥淏oudreaux鈥 Coffman, who is battling acute myeloid leukemia
Paramedics said responders鈥 actions kept Chief Al Buck鈥檚 blood flowing until he could receive hospital treatment
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Mike Flanagan served more than 350 volunteer hours in 2017, including teaching CPR classes and helping during Hurricane Irma
Daniel Helsel said it was fate that put him in the back of another ambulance on his birthday
Officer William Eng raced up three flights of stairs to perform CPR on the unresponsive 29-day-old baby
Elizabeth Poff arrived at a gun store and found the boy locked in the safe with no one at the store able to open it
Patrick Jett became certified as an EMT and spent as much time as he could on calls or in the classroom
EMTs Shannon Muttram and Colby Jackson helped paramedic Callen Daquioag treat other victims of the shooting despite being shot themselves
Noelle Lambert lost her left leg after losing control of a moped and crashing into a dump truck
Port of Seattle Fire Captain David Washington rescued Zachary Oehrke after he overdosed in an airport bathroom
Despite several surgeries to repair the badly injured leg, Rory Barros鈥 doctors told him it cannot be saved
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