EMS Heroes
The EMS heroes topic covers articles and recent news about EMS providers that go above and beyond the call of duty.
Jack Stout, the father of system status management and high-performance EMS, planted the seeds for patient-centered EMS
Through sheer force of will by first responders, healthcare workers and the city as a whole, the COVID-19 battle is winding down, but leaves scars
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
New parents Bo and Yishu Wang brought baby Alyssa to meet paramedics Sean Byron and Cristine Janiak and Massachusetts State Trooper Karl Johnson
Richard Knowlton trained Truro Fire Department staff and lifeguards on bleeding control less than two months before succumbing to cancer
Chris Stafford was passing by a parking lot when he noticed Heather Wilson and her boyfriend needed help
Shane Sharkey and Ian King jumped into a 鈥渇ly car鈥� after overhearing that a crash had occurred and found that a man was trapped inside a burning vehicle
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Glendale Fire Department paramedics responded to a call about a mother in labor and found that the umbilical cord was wrapped around the neck of the baby
Jeff Hoffman credits his fellow EMS providers from another agency with saving his life after he went into cardiac arrest three times in one night
Shaunice Walker convinced a high school senior to change his mind about jumping into water to his death
Catherine Krause was determined to make it to the Wisconsin State Fair for the 80th time, despite injuring her ankle on her birthday
Emergency Managment Coordinator Jared Byrdwas on vacation with his family when he witnessed an elderly man trying to rescue his three grandchildren
AMR paramedic Jimmy Miller was transporting a patient when his ambulance was struck twice in a hit-and-run
The EMS crew found Thien Nguyen, who was suspected of breaking into a store, after he fell off of his bicycle
Matthew Driscoll used his extra time while on light duty after an injury to create training that would help responders recognize signs of trafficking victims
Filmmaker Paula Eiselt鈥檚 documentary 鈥�93 Queen鈥� follows a group of Hasidic women forming their own volunteer EMT service
Christopher Nance was passing by the scene when he stopped to help the victims, who are currently in critical condition
Dave Kroll has volunteered numerous weekends over the past three years to teach hands-only CPR to the public
The much-lauded documentary about three women fighting against the opioid crisis in Huntington, West Virginia, has been nominated for another award
Polk County paramedics helped a road supervisor save a woman who had been stuck behind a bus stop bench for hours
Britt Miller, who had never helped anyone deliver a baby over the phone, met Kim Schroeder, who delivered her daughter-in-law鈥檚 baby with Miller鈥檚 help
Officials said the AMR paramedic was trying to convince the resident to go to the hospital when the 94-year-old man fired a shot at a maintenance worker
The stamp includes a firefighter carrying an axe, an EMS worker and a law enforcement officer shining a flashlight
Paramedics Heidi Nishimoto, Mason Kinnard and Kristina Douglas, who work for Paramedics Plus, were each presented the Big Willie Whitley Citizenship Award
EMS Lt. Dwayne Coley was driving along Astoria Blvd. just before noon when an elderly woman flagged him down
The responders helped rescue a woman who called 911 to report that she was trapped in her vehicle and submerged in a canal
Paramedic Nick Runions strapped hiker Mary Anderson to his back and climbed up a crest of a summit to bring her to safety
Capt. Darin Peterson and Eric Watkins jumped into action after an 18-year-old and a 4-year-old were struck by lightning
St. Paul Assistant Fire Chief Mike Gaede helped a doctor treat the man until the plane could make an emergency landing
LifeNet EMT Casey Dodson traveled to D.C. to visit with congressional leaders and share challenges he and other EMTs have seen
A photo of firefighter-paramedic Doug Higley sitting with a 3-year-old at the hospital while waiting for her parents to arrive has gone viral
Gaston County EMS paramedic Susan Nalley met Ben Armstrong, 10, years later when he enrolled in the agency鈥檚 summer kids academy
