638: The Fast and the Curious: Freedom House Ambulance

In our season 6 finale, Dr’s J, Santhosh, and Ward talk about the secret origins of paramedics and how a forgotten african american ambulance service set a national standard for the country. Along the way, they cover live editing issues, the 1960’s, pre ambulance medical transportation, the white paper, healthcare class divisions, Dr Safar, inventor of cpr, the emt recruitment process, Dr Wards time as an emt, paramedic training then and now, the 1968 riots, emergency care in the streets, how institutional rascism led to ems defunding, the origins of 911 number, ambulance response time, crews and more! So sit back as we explore the history of emergency medical services! See you in October for Season 7!

Sources
1)https://www.emsworld.com/article/1222574/forgotten-legacy-freedom-house
2)https://www.jems.com/2013/03/25/how-freedom-house-has-been-reborn/ https://www.jems.com/2013/10/08/birth-ems-history-paramedic/
3)https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/news/a27114/911-emergency-system/
4)https://gizmodo.com/how-911-become-the-emergency-call-number-1601064956
5) https://freedomhousedoc.com/

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