Diversity in the EMS Field

Diversity in the EMS Field

Working as an Emergency Medical Service (EMS) professional brings many challenges. You must move quickly, work with limited information, and draw on an enormous amount of medical training, in an attempt to save lives. You are often asked to enter the homes and private...
Five Times a Celebrity Publicly Thanked a Paramedic

Five Times a Celebrity Publicly Thanked a Paramedic

Often being a paramedic is often a thankless job. Lauren German, who played one on the TV show Chicago Fire, said, “They get overlooked. People forget about them and all they do all day long is save lives left and right.” It’s challenging work to aid patients fighting...
How an Emergency Room Works

How an Emergency Room Works

The emergency room (ER) is one active and complicated part of an active and complicated emergency response system. As an emergency response worker, you are crucial to this system! You may be the single most important point of communication for the ER. By better...