The Story of John Moon's Career With Pittsburgh EMS

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In 1975, Freedom House was chosen as the model for the nation's first standardized paramedic training program. John Moon remembers one time when a child in a wealthy neighborhood was hit by a bus and very badly hurt. "We responded to the call, we were able to stabilize them and transport them to the hospital"

As recently as 1965, if you had a medical emergency, the people who showed up at your door would be volunteer firefighters, police officers, or undertakers with a hearse. Today, the story of how a group of Black men from Pittsburgh changed that.

Kevin Hazzard’s book is American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics.

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