American Ambulance Association Salutes 103 "Stars of Life" At Annual Celebration of Unsung Heroes

The American Ambulance Association (AAA) this week honored 103 “Stars of Life” from 90 communities in 29 states across the country – plus Trinidad & Tobago – for their selfless acts as EMS professionals. Among the honorees at ceremonies held in Washington, D.C., were: Paramedics who responded to the San Bernardino terrorist attack. An Advanced EMT who single-handily provided the initial triage to pedestrians hit by a woman who had driven her car on busy sidewalk along the Las Vegas Strip.        An off-duty EMS director of operations who, upon learning no ambulances were available, left her family and responded to a call of an infant who was not breathing. Once on the scene, she performed CPR and intubated the baby before an ambulance was able to arrive. The baby survived. A paramedic in Oklahoma who helped resolve a potentially deadly situation involving a friend who had barricaded himself in his house and threatened to kill himself. A communications and dispatch technician who, while out grocery shopping, was pressed into duty and performed CPR on an elderly man in cardiac arrest, despite having had recent abdominal surgery and being told not to do any strenuous activity. The man survived. A paramedic who responded to a tragic school bus accident in Kentucky where three children died and several were injured. A paramedic who helped pull two passengers out of burning car and provided the initial treatment.   AAA each year recognizes the...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News Administration and Leadership Source Type: news