Tag: paramedic
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Past the Patch: Off the Clock
Off the Clock SPOTLIGHTING RICK CANARD Very few would run into a burning building for a dinner discount, or be the first on scene of a harrowing accident to secure a paycheck. For most, being a first responder is a calling born out of a desire to give back–and it doesn’t magically turn off when…
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My Photos On abc27 For Women’s History Month!
My Photos On abc27 For Women’s History Month! Happy Women’s History Month!! I pitched the idea of doing a story on women in EMS to a few agencies and was very grateful abc27 News picked it up 🙂 They even featured some of my photos from Past The Patch on the news! Also really cool that Lynn &…
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Mass Casualty Simulation
Mass Casualty Simulation Yesterday, as part of my role of Marketing Director at Lancaster EMS, I got to photograph a mass casualty simulation put on by the PA College of Health Sciences. Our EMT Academy students participated as patients while paramedic students were tasked with triaging and transporting patients, responding to the fictitious scenario—a truck…
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Past the Patch: Finding Our Place In The World
Finding Our Place In The World SPOTLIGHTING DONOVAN AUGUST The world is a pretty big place, but for Donovan August, it didn’t always feel that way. “I went to a one-room Amish-Mennonite school that only went to the 8th grade and I homeschooled myself though high school.” Donovan, a non-binary transmasculine person, was raised in…
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Past the Patch: As Long As You’re Still Breathing
Read about Lynn Koller’s harrowing struggle with addiction and how motherhood and EMS fueled her recovery.
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Past the Patch: The Business of Second Chances
The Business of Second Chances SPOTLIGHTING EMMANUEL “MANNY” PINEDA “It’s never too late to change your life.” To claim EMS is in the business of second chances would be an understatement. But while the first thought that comes to mind upon hearing that may be pictures of patients clinging to life, many of those on…
A.C. Brooke 