The Surprising history of the first paramedics: How a Black neighborhood association helped shape emergency medicine (Dave Davies; Fresh Air podcast)

American Sirens author Kevin Hazzard tells the story Freedom House, a neighborhood nonprofit that, with the help of a pioneering physician, trained some of the nation's first paramedics.

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https://www.npr.org/2022/12/19/1144150485/how-a-black-neighborhood-association-in-pittsburgh-helped-shape-emergency-medici