Today's #FDNYEMS20 photo is of the 2012 FDNY EMS Week poster. EMS Week posters are unveiled each year as part of the FDNY's annual EMS Week celebration. This FDNY-developed poster features Rescue Paramedic Don Faeth and was unveiled at EMS Station 32 in Brooklyn. Each year's poster is intended to raise awareness about the life-saving work of the FDNY’s EMS members, and they are displayed in kiosks citywide.
Today’s #FDNYEMS20 photo is from 1899 and shows 3 horse-drawn ambulances awaiting assignment outside the original Bellevue Hospital. All supplies were carried in a large black leather doctor's bag at the time, and between calls, interns would work in hospital emergency rooms. Photo credit J.P. Martin.
“A gym member came over while I was working out and said he needed my help, and I followed him to find a man slumped over in his seat, unresponsive. I spoke to the patient but he didn’t respond, and with the help of a nurse who was also at the gym, we laid him on the ground and began CPR. I grabbed the defibrillator while she started compressions, then I took over while she put the pads on him. The training just kicked in, I felt totally prepared for the situation,” says Prob...
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