EMTs
What It's Like to Save Lives as a 25-Year-Old Paramedic
We talked to a young paramedic about what it's really like to work in emergency medical services. Turns out, it's not nearly as dramatic as TV makes it out to be, though when shit gets real, it gets really real.
Is Ferguson-Style Unrest Coming to New York City?
The NYPD did some recon in Missouri last week ahead of its own grand jury decision on police violence, expected any day now.
A Guy in Detroit Says He Stole an Ambulance to Get to a Strip Club
On Sunday night, two Michigan paramedics lost track of their ride. It had apparently been commandeered for an urgent mission: to get to a topless bar in neighboring Detroit.
Heroin Overdose Treatments in American Prisons Are Dangerously Old-Fashioned
As heroin use surges among the general public, the drug has become a mainstay in the prison system, where the common overdose treatment Naloxone is still hard to come by.
NYPD and EMS Workers Failed to Help Eric Garner After Cop Choked Him
By now, you’ve probably heard something about the death of Eric Garner on Thursday in Staten Island, New York City. Turns out EMT workers didn't even try to help him in the minutes after he was choked.
Riding Shotgun to Murder Scenes with Guatemala City’s Overworked Volunteer Paramedics
These unpaid EMTs often arrive to scenes of horrific violence before the police.