Honoring EMS Teams: More Than a Job, a Calling
As National EMS week comes to a close, we remember those who arrive on scene first to administer life-saving emergency medical attention and bridge the gap between the accident scene and the emergency room.
You're driving along Interstate 43 and someone tries to sneak between yourself and the next car. They cut it just a little bit too close, tapping your front bumper, tipping you into a 70 mph spin. Next thing you know, you're trapped motionless in your car and hear sirens creeping in the background. Why is the first thing you see a fire engine and not an ambulance? Because every fire engine in the North Shore Fire Department is loaded with life-saving equipment and fully EMT certified fire fighters that bridge the gap between you being trapped in that car-wreck, and making it safely to the emergency room. "Being an EMT or a paramedic is not an easy job, they see things that most people would never want to see," NSFD Chief Robert Whitaker …
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Sarah Worthman
2:38 pm on Thursday, May 24, 2012
Hi David - I actually didn't know it was police/law enforcement week last week. I caught wind of this on Facebook and so we did a story. Please feel free to shoot me a note if you know of something coming up you'd like us to look into covering though! sarah.worthman@patch.com more ›