It is difficult to imagine society without the assurance that skilled, professional paramedics will respond to a medical emergency. But before the 1970s, clumsy, haphazard care, often at the hands of ...
Journalist and former paramedic Hazzard (A Thousand Naked Strangers) paints a riveting portrait of Freedom House EMS, a pioneering group of Black paramedics in 1970s Pittsburgh. Expertly ...
In 1972, Detroit founded its Emergency Medical Services unit, pioneering the inclusion of returning military medics, African Americans, and women in formal EMS roles. Key figures like Navy veteran ...
In American Sirens, writer Kevin Hazzard recounts how a group of Black paramedics in Pittsburgh in the 1970s pioneered and professionalized the... It is difficult to imagine society without the ...
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