"EMS is not about the thanks afterwards.
It's about doing everything you can
to help a complete stranger in their
time of need.

If we don't do it, who else will?"

~ Jeff Little, EMT-B
Cheyenne County Ambulance


 
Accident in Colorado Springs
This video depicts the teamwork and patient care needed to be a successful Emergency Medical Technician. The scene shows career firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians (Basic & Paramedic) providing initial care and transport to a patient involved in a motor vehicle crash. The second scene in the video shows another important aspect of the emergency medical system as a young man is transferred from one facility to another for definitive care. These scenes are made possible by personnel from American Medical Response, Stratmoor Hills Fire Protection District, Ute Pass Regional Ambulance District, St Francis Medical Center, and Pikes Peak Community College.
   
Accident in the Country
This video is meant to show how many volunteers may respond to provide care in an emergency situation. Rural ambulance services will often have to provide initial care and transport for a significant time and distance before the patient is delivered to definitive care at a trauma facility. In this scene, the motorcycle rider has sustained significant injuries and the responding ambulance has requested transport by an air medical team. This scene is made possible by personnel from Limon Ambulance Service, Memorial Star Flight, American Medical Response, and Pikes Peak Community College.
 
Watch this video to listen to professional and career opportunity interviews by those who currently work in the field.
 
Watch this video to listen to those who are currently involved in the volunteer aspect of EMS.
 
 

Watch the video with the remaining
interviews of those who are currently involved
in the volunteer aspect of EMS.

Please bear with us as the audio is a bit off on
this video. We are working to get it corrected.

 

 

 
If you would like to receive your own, full length, copy of the "So, You Want to be an EMT!" DVD, please contact
Kim Schallenberger - Plains to Peaks RETAC at kschally@plainstopeaks.org or 719-344-5584.
 

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