In 2006, while driving home with a friend, Scott Damas witnessed a house on fire in Old Brooklyn where he lives. The men stopped to help and pulled two children to safety. Four others perished in the ...
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Stephen Condon, a 62-year-old former tech marketing professional and current EMT based in California. It's been edited for length and clarity.
Veteran emergency medical technicians and paramedics have spent decades intubating patients and performing many other medical procedures in cramped ambulances. Now, a growing number of EMS workers are ...