One Year After Vegas: Medics with a New Perspective

Jeff Scheid-The Nevada Independent Mike Whitehead, critical care paramedic at Medicwest, assisted victims in the Oct.1 shooting. Mike Whitehead of Medic West wears many hats. Paramedic. Educator. Father. On the night of Oct. 1, 2017, he was getting ready to be a teacher. He was training a class of emergency medical technicians and was headed to bed early after prepping a test for the next day's class. Read more at The Nevada Independent   How Community Ambulance Has Altered its Approach to Mass Casualty Incidents Las Vegas Sun Glen Simpson, special event manager, responds to a question during an interview at Community Ambulance in Henderson Friday, March 16, 2018. Community Ambulance paramedics were working at the Route 91 music festival during the Oct. 1 mass shooting. Glen Simpson didn't realize how anxious he would feel. Simpson, the director of special events at Community Ambulance, was working a music festival last weekend when he started to experience anxiety from being at an outdoor music venue. The nervousness comes with good reason. Read more at the Las Vegas Sun
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