EMS Heroes
The EMS heroes topic covers articles and recent news about EMS providers that go above and beyond the call of duty.
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
On this episode of Inside EMS, our co-hosts reflect on the life and career of Dr. Craig Manifold who passed away earlier this week
Maryland Heights Firefighter Shaylor Taetz said he and his partner were rushing to a bus crash when their ambulance slid on the ice and hit a guardrail
Verizon鈥檚 鈥淭he Team that Wouldn鈥檛 Be Here鈥� series consists of 12 commercials and a documentary featuring NFL stars who owe their lives to first responders
Tony Rutland and Jerome Roberts were awarded for refusing to allow a patient to decline medical care shortly before the patient went into cardiac arrest
Lambton EMS paramedics Blake Smith and Mark Duffy helped defuse an 鈥渆xtremely violent鈥� scene where one officer was injured
Brad Carroll and Jerry Donaldson received the STEMI Star Award after identifying and treating a STEMI patient within 18 minutes
鈥淭he Team that Wouldn鈥檛 Be Here鈥� shares the stories of NFL players who were saved by first responders
Dispatcher Ryan Bancroft instructed the father how to carefully unwrap the umbilical cord, which was around the baby鈥檚 neck, and told him how to administer CPR
Mikeal Tordsen is sanctioned to also serve as a paramedic while on duty as a police officer after proposing a unique partnership between his two employers
A tribute to thousands of responders is taking shape in Vermont; it will be installed this spring at the national Sept. 11 memorial
Three firefighter-paramedics were stopping to get coffee when they were stopped by a friend of Janice Winter, who was about to go into cardiac arrest
Sean Marquis said he felt 鈥渁mazement and pride鈥� when meeting Austin Neuhaus, whom he helped keep alive after Neuhaus鈥� truck crashed into a tree in 2016
Oak Bluffs Fire Chief John Rose and firefighter-EMT David Smith were driving by when they saw Trooper Dustin Shaw fighting with a driver he had pulled over
Paramedic Del Black and EMT Gregg Shearer were training museum employees in CPR when Don Mahoney collapsed while volunteering at the same place
Najib Ahmed said he stumbled upon a man who had been shot and took off his shirt to wrap around his leg
Oakland Fire Department paramedic Mike Scott urged the community to end the violence, adding that he鈥檚 鈥渢ired of seeing this鈥� after 20 years on the job
It鈥檚 an emotionally punishing and high-stakes job, but veteran dispatcher Tracy Mosier said she couldn鈥檛 imagine herself doing anything else
The semi truck the driver was in veered off the road, hit a tree and took down electrical wires before EMS providers found the driver unresponsive
Harry and Shiann Fisher are described as two dedicated EMTs with a passion for their job
Anastasia and Daniel Skinner named their baby after Mickey Huber, who responded to Anastasia鈥檚 call when she went into labor while trying to rescue her mom鈥檚 pets
After a crash left their mother dead and their father and sister hospitalized, five kids were given a Christmas surprise by the St. Louis Fire Department
Eleven first responders were recognized for saving the life of Janice Gangloff, who suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on her bedroom floor
Katie Porter was honored with the Lifesaving Award after guiding a woman through CPR to try and save her husband
Medic Ambulance鈥檚 Jimmy Pierson was among 33 Californians to be honored for their heroic acts and extraordinary contributions to EMS
From fulfilling dying wishes to finishing house work for a patient, EMS providers performed some pretty incredible acts of kindness this year
Greg Reed said he was taking the long way to work on a random impulse when he came upon Kenneth Beck, who had suffered a heart attack while driving
When Aetna Ambulance EMT Ray Berwick realized his partner Chris Cabral was suffering a stroke last month, he quickly rushed him to the hospital
New Orleans EMS officials said they are highly and uniquely trained to save people in even the strangest of situations
The award winners were honored for courage while responding to the shooting of K-9 Sgt. Sean Gannon and the rescue of a woman who broke through the ice of a pond
San Antonio Fire Department David Nielsen was dispatched to his father鈥檚 home, who was in cardiac arrest when Nielsen arrived
The Rams brought first responders and victims togther in no more than few days鈥� time, and gave away thousands of tickets to those most affected by the tragedies
