The Legacy of Freedom House: The Black Men who became America's First Paramedics

 

Unsung History: Freedom House Ambulance: The First Paramedic & EMT Service [2 min.]

Zoom Meeting Recording [1 hour 4 min.] Sponsored by JEMS in February 2024.

Ascension WI Librarian, Kellee Selden highly recommends this JEMS webcast:

I attended this very interesting webinar. It was entitled: 

The Legacy of Freedom House: The Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics. 

The speaker was John Moon, a member of the original group from the Freedom House 

with an eye opening story to tell about the men, the female doctor who sponsored them, 

their journey through the years of existence and how they wrote the first EMT manual. 

The story is amazing in many ways and well worth viewing.

Additional Resources: Freedom House: First to Serve in EMS Book Review: ‘American Sirens’ Needs to Be Required Reading Freedom House Ambulance: The FIRST Responders [28 min. video]