The forgotten story of the first paramedics in the US, a team of pioneering EMTs from Pittsburgh's largely Black Hill District
May 29
100 Objects #2: 60-Degree Screw
In the early 20th century, nothing quite fit — fire hoses couldn't connect to one another, football teams played with different balls, traffic lights meant different things in different states. Then World War II exposed the deadly cost of incompatibility, and the US quietly impos ... Show More
35m 36s
Nov 2019
The Modern Ambulance | S22-E1
<p>Today, if you or someone you know experiences a medical emergency, you dial 9-1-1 and a squad of trained medical professionals arrives at your door. But just 55 years ago, that was not the case.</p><p>Emergency calls were generally dispatched to funeral homes simply becau ... Show More
43m 17s
Jul 2023
The Sunday Read: ‘The Moral Crisis of America’s Doctors’
<p>Some years ago, a psychiatrist named Wendy Dean read an article about a physician who died by suicide. Such deaths were distressingly common, she discovered. The suicide rate among doctors appeared to be even higher than the rate among active military members, a notion that st ... Show More
31m 12s
В подкасте "Что это было" о семьдесят четвертом дне войны медицинский директор Черниговской областной психоневрологической больницы рассказывает, как сотни пациентов и врачей научились выживать в российской оккупации.00:00 Приветствие, ведущий - Олег Антоненко0:32 История врача-п ... Show More
