SAVING LIVES IN DEATH VALLEY Law Enforcement Ranger Max Gallegos provides EMS, enforces laws and fights fires on 3.4 million acres of national park land.He’s part EMT, part

ADVOCATING FOR EMERGENCY MEDICINE Paramedic Ralph Young has spent three decades supporting the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Ambulance Service in South Dakota.As a high-school dropout, Ralph Young was unemployed

RURAL VOLUNTEER THRIVES IN THE FIRE-RESCUE WORLD20-year-old Kaylee Eckert transports patients for up to an hour in her service for the Goochland County, VA, Fire & Rescue Department.At

EMS ON A BUSY CONSTRUCTION SITENashville, TN, EMT Savanna Fatony conducts health and wellness checks, prevents accidents before they happen and responds to medical emergencies.Savanna Fatony is an

GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND IN PALM BEACH Captain Jessica Banks of Palm Beach County Fire Rescue has built many successful programs designed to improve patient care and outcomes.When

It’s time for EMS to take the lead in making sure our healthcare partners know who we are.By Jeffrey M. Goodloe, MD, NRP, FACEP, FAEMS, and Bryan Jones,

The greatest asset of any EMS agency is its people – the EMS practitioners and other personnel who are there for members of the community during their worst

These two EMT partners—one a Baby Boomer and the other a Millennial—share the common bond of working hard to serve the community.Two EMTs bridge the generational divideOne of

Mark E. Escott, MD, MPH, FACEP, FAEMS, NRP, is the EMS system medical director for the City of Austin and Travis County, Texas, and a clinical assistant professor

Russell Garvey shares a moment with the members of the Alexandria Fire Department and Department of Emergency Communications who came to his aid when he went into cardiac