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The history, innovation, and legacy of emergency medical services The National EMS Museum is the only museum in the United States dedicated to telling the story of emergency medical services. Through exhibitions, programs, and research opportunities, visitors learn about the rich and diverse history of EMS and become inspired by the legacy of ...
- Digital Library and Archives
Welcome to the National EMS Museum’s Digital Library and...
- Support
Additionally, The National EMS Museum would like to carry on...
- About
With the assistance of a start-up grant from the National...
- Virtual Museum
The National EMS Museum Virtual Museum explores the...
- From Horse-drawn to Helicopters
Improvements in Emergency Patient Transport The...
- Traveling Exhibitions
Since 2019 the National EMS Museum has partnered with local...
- EMS Innovators
EMS Innovators. Emergency Medical Services have relied on...
- Changing The Practice of Emergency Medicine
Despite all the advancements in personal communication...
- Digital Library and Archives
Learn about the Freedom House Ambulance Service and how they became the first paramedics trained in the United States.
- Whose Problem Is It Anyway?
- Swoop and Scoop
- The White Paper
- The Good Doctor
- Freedom House Rises
Richard Clinchy is the president of the EMS museum and a trained paramedic, and he says that when he started in emergency care in the late 50s, there wasn’t really any infrastructure in place created with emergency medicine in mind. “In my early days in EMS, for example, emergency rooms weren’t open 24 hours a day. You’d have to go to a hospital an...
John Moon can still remember what the emergency services provided by the police were like in Pittsburgh in the 1960s, “The public was faced with … ‘swoop and scoop’ which meant you’d call the police and they’d pick you up, throw you in the back of a paddywagon, and rush you off to the hospital.” They could do little more than offer patients basic f...
But then in the mid-60s, something called the White Paper flipped the paradigm for emergency care on its head. In 1966, the federal government published a paper that reported that as many as 50,000 deaths a year could be attributed to pre-hospital care. According to the White Paper, not only were ambulance crews providing poor care in the streets b...
When Hallen met him in 1966, Dr. Peter Safar was already famous in medical circles for being the “father of CPR.” The head of anesthesiology at the University of Pittsburgh, he was already searching for a solution to the problem of poor pre-hospital care, and within seconds of greeting Hallen and the Freedom House team, the wiry and energetic Safar...
But despite all the struggle, Freedom House’s reputation was growing. By this time, Freedom House’s five ambulances were running nearly 6,000 calls a year. And not only were they getting to the patients faster than the police, but they were also providing demonstrably better care. At a city council meeting, Safar presented data showing that as many...
Step into the captivating world of heroism and innovation at the National Emergency Services Museum. Housed within a Victorian police, fire, and ambulance station in Sheffield, our museum spans three floors and invites you to embark on an immersive journey through the history of emergency services. Experience interactive exhibitions and hands ...
Apr 10, 2021 · Pittsburgh’s Freedom House Enterprises (FHE) Ambulance Service not only supplanted the police in a role in which law-enforcement officers were not effective, but also reimagined the role of...
- Matthew L Edwards
- 2021
The National Emergency Services Museum is a museum in Sheffield, England. Opened on 8 May 1984 as the Sheffield Fire and Police Museum, it was given its present name on 1 January 2014. Building. The museum is based at a former combined police and fire station, opened in 1900 at the junction of West Bar and West Bar Green near the city centre.
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