Freedom House Ambulance

This 30-minute documentary explores the rise and fall of Freedom House Ambulance. With rare archival images, the program features the story of inception from ...

Freedom House Ambulance Service - Wikipedia

Freedom House Ambulance Service was the first emergency medical service in the United States to be staffed by paramedics with medical training beyond basic ...

The Revolutionary Ambulance Service That Led to a Legacy of Life ...

Founded in 1967 by the Pittsburgh civil rights organization Freedom House, which offered job training and assistance to Black Pittsburghers, the Freedom House ...

Freedom House Ambulance Service of Pittsburgh – Making Medical ...

Freedom House provided training for unemployed members of the Hill District community, teaching them to become Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and deliver ...

Freedom House Ambulance Service

In 1967, Pittsburgh, 26 hardcore unemployable black men were taken off the inner-city streets and trained to become the first paramedics in the United ...

Freedom House Ambulance: The FIRST Responders - YouTube

In 1967, Pittsburgh's inner city produced America's first EMT service. Comprised solely of Black men and women recruited from the city's ...

Freedom House Ambulance Service - EMS Museum

Freedom House Ambulance Service continued to train crews and run calls throughout the Hill District and the city of Pittsburgh and earning acclaim from a ...

Freedom House Ambulance: The FIRST Responders

In 1967, Pittsburgh's inner city produced America's first EMT service. Comprised solely of Black men and women recruited from the city's Hill District ...

How a team of Black paramedics set the gold standard for ... - NPR

Peter Safar, the Austrian-born physician who co-founded Freedom House Ambulance Service shortly after he invented mouth-to-mouth resuscitation; ...

Freedom House Black paramedics Pittsburgh American Sirens ...

The service, staffed overwhelmingly by Black men from the neighborhood, revolutionized emergency street medicine on the same blocks where many were ...

NASEMSO Celebrates the Legacy of Freedom House Ambulance

NASEMSO Celebrates the Legacy of Freedom House Ambulance. The National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO) celebrates the Legacy of Freedom House ...

Educator Guide | Freedom House Ambulance | PBS LearningMedia

Teachers can use this Educator Guide to help students learn about the Freedom House Ambulance, which was the nation's first EMS Team.

Freedom House Ambulance Service celebrated during Black History ...

The city of Pittsburgh is honoring the legacy of the Freedom House Ambulance Service, which was founded in the Hill District in 1967.

Did you know America's first paramedics were Black men? Freedom ...

Freedom House Ambulance Service trained 25 Black men to become the nation's first paramedics, bringing advanced life-saving techniques to Pittsburgh's ...

NASEMSO to Host Freedom House Pioneers at Annual Meeting

The concept behind Freedom House Ambulance was the brainchild of Dr. Peter Safar, who was also known as the “father of CPR.” Dr. Safar's vision ...

America's First Paramedics Were Black. Their Achievements Were ...

Freedom House Ambulance Service is an inspiring story for our nation. It is also a cautionary tale. Fifty years on, I hope the brave 25 who ...

Freedom House Ambulance: The First Responders | Season 2023

The story of America's first EMT service, produced in 1967 from Pittsburgh's inner city.

The Legacy of Freedom House - YouTube

Freedom House Ambulance was created to provide prehospital care to an underserved, neglected Black community that was to become the standard ...

Freedom House Ambulance service, the first modern paramedics ...

THIS is where the history of modern EMS in the US begins. To think it started with the vision of Dr. Peter Safar and was brought to life by he ...

Starting in the Hill District, Freedom House Ambulance ... - BikePGH

The Freedom House Ambulance was born out of a need for better medical care for the underserved community of Pittsburgh's Hill District.