National EMS Museum Main Page EMS HistoryEMS PersonnelAmbulancesEquipmentCommunicationsManagement & Organizations

Virtual Museum EMS History

Virtual Museum > Ambulances > By Era

  • By Era
  • Land Based
  • Aircraft
  • Boats/Other
  • Ambulance Manufacturing and Design
By Era Articles
  • History of the Chicago Fire Department Emergency Ambulance Service
    This article provides a historical overview of the Chicago Fire Department's development of its original emergency ambulance service that transgressed into a modern EMS system of today.
  • History of the Memphis Fire Department Emergency Unit Service
    This article described the origin of the City of Memphis Fire Department's Emergency Unit (EU) Program and how it has evolved over the decades to one of our Nation's premier services.
  • Planning and Developing a Prehospital MICU-Beekman Downtown Hospital- NYC
    The purpose of this article is to suggest a model for the design of an urban prehospital care delivery system taking into account the costs involved, the approach to establishing and maintaining new programs, and the question of the general distribution of resources in terms of the medical commons.
  • DAYS BEHIND THE GONG RECALLED BY EX-AMBULANCE SURGEON OF BROOKLYN
    24 June 1906 The writer served for nearly four months as ambulance surgeon in one of our large hospitals in Greater New York, and during that time enjoyed many interesting experiences. Occasionally in the daily press the ambulance surgeon's life is described as a hard one, weighed down by scenes of woe and violence,
  • CPR- Drs. Kouwenhoven, Jude and Knickerbocker
    The story of how Defibrillation and CPR were invented at Johns Hopkins Medical Center
  • Dr. Max Harry Weill
    DR. MAX H. WEIL , PIONEER IN CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, DEAD AT 84 Max Harry Weil developed those beeping machines to monitor heart rates and other modern practices in critical-care units, transforming the treatment of stroke and heart-attack patients. Dr. Weil, died of prostate cancer on July 29 at his home in
  • Professor Frank Pantridge
    Professor Pantridge of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast produced the first portable defibrillator in 1965.
  • Pantridge/IPCO Defibrillator
    Professor Pantridge of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast produced the first portable defibrillator in 1965.
  • Annie...Annie.. Are You OK? Resusci Anne
    Evolution of Resusci Anne
  • Portland Oregon Paramedic Program / Leonard Rose, MD
    A brief introduction to the pioneer history role of Leonard Rose, MD in helping to develop Portland's early paramedic program.
  • J. Michael Criley, MD
    The pioneer historic accomplishments of J. Michael Criley is introduced in regards to his role in training the first Los Angeles County and City fireman.
  • 1967: City of Miami Fire Department Paramedic Program
    A brief introduction of the first fire-based paramedic program in America.
  • 1969-Los Angeles Area Paramedic Programs
    This provides a brief overvire of the historic development of paramedic programs within the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area.
  • 1969-Seattle "Medic 1" Paramedic Program
    A brief introduction of the history of Seattle's "Medic 1" Paramedic Program in the late 60's and early 70's.
  • 1967-Metro Ambulance Service (Atlanta, Georgia)
    The history of Metro Ambulance Service of Atlanta, Georgia and one of the Nation's first EMS paramedic programs.
  • To The Rescue Museum
    On May 28, 1928, Wise and nine coworkers at the Norfolk and Western Railway organized the world's first volunteer rescue squad, The Roanoke Life Saving and First Aid Crew. The Julian Stanley Wise Foundation formed in 1988 to chronicle the history of the volunteer rescue squad movement and emergency medical. On
  • Julian Stanley Wise and the Roanoake Lifesaving and First Aid Crew
    On May 28, 1928, Wise and nine coworkers at the Norfolk and Western Railway organized the world's first volunteer rescue squad, The Roanoke Life Saving and First Aid Crew.
  • Ambulance Station Log
  • International Harvester Travelall Ambulance / Springfield Equipment Ad
  • Origins of the Nickname "BUS" in New York City EMS
    The term “Bus” is part of New York City ambulance heritage, not something dishonorable to be vanquished.
  • Gordon K. Allen & Modular Ambulance Corporation
    This article looks back at the great historic contributions of Gordon K. Allen and the later Modular Ambulance Corporation to the ambulance manufacturing industry and its effets on improving the quality of EMS delivery in both Texas and the United states.
  • Luther Fortson, MD
    Dr. Luther Fortson was another pioneering EMS physician who founded one of America's first paramedic programs in Marietta, Georgia which was 20 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta.
  • Gerstenslager Ambulance conversions
  • 1929 - NYC- Consolidated Gas Company - Pulmotor Resuscitation Unit / NYPD Pulmotor Training
    With the widespresd use of early gas, and then elecric power, came the new life hazards of gas leaks, carbon monoxide poisoning, and electrocution. In an effort to respond to these emergencies, Consolidaed Gas began staffing emergency response units with the Pulmotor Resuscitator.
  • CPR Plus Meter
    CPR Plus meter. It was placed on the sternum of a patient in cardiac arrest and CPR was applied through the meter. The case for the meter has a metronome beeper to help keep rhythm during CPR.
Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5   of  9  Next >
© 2013 National EMS Museum Foundation
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us
  • Staff Email Pickup
  • Login
  • RSS Feed