NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A paramedic is one of the most critical first responders during an emergency, and the training they get prepares them for the job. That training is always evolving and getting ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (March 15, 2016) -- No matter where you go in the Army, you're bound to find a medic. The second largest military occupational specialty in the Army, medics serve in almost every unit ...

Read more in Giving Guide 2023. Lisa and her husband, John, looked forward to a quiet evening at home after a long day at work. A few hours later, Lisa began having intense pain in her neck and was ...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, or MEDCoE, has merged training aspects of advanced combat medic and flight paramedic training courses to ...

Sixteen SDFD firefighters who spent nearly eight months receiving instruction and performing in classroom, lab, clinical and field internship environments are graduating from the only fire ...

EDWARDS ” When the ambulance arrived, the 6-year-old boy was in a full-blown asthma attack. His mother had already given him a dose of his emergency inhaler, but it wasn’t working. She didn’t refill ...

Andrew Tisdale has wanted to help people for much of his life. At first, the 28-year-old Bridgeport resident thought he wanted to be a police officer, and joined the Fairfield Police Explorers when he ...

The Cherokee Nation helped to train more paramedics by bringing back its Paramedic Education Program. After a decline in paramedics nationwide, the tribe hoped the program would help increase the ...

Read more about local philanthropic efforts in the Year-end Giving Guide. After finishing a run at his home on Camano Island, Andrew suddenly collapsed from cardiac arrest. His son, Barric, ...