EMS Blog & Resources

On Sunday Jul 21, Lifeline's annual softball tournament was in full swing, a day filled with food, games and sun! Our Lifeline employees as well as EMT students from Lifeline Academy, Malcolm X, Oakton, Weiss, and a variety of other schools got together for the annual...

In April of 2019, Jonine Patton joined Lifeline Ambulance as an EMT and in no time, his infectious smile and upbeat attitude were brightening the halls and the lives of everyone he met on the job and at Lifeline. Though he had been working as a firefighter in Phoenix,...

Candice Roberison, Registered NurseFormer EMT at Lifeline 1) Q: What do you currently do and how did you get to where you are? A: I’m a nurse, I went to Malcolm X 2 year nursing program. I always knew I wanted to be in the medical field, and nursing is the area in...

Alex/Alejandro Casillas, CFD Former EMT/Paramedic for LifelineCFD: 1) Q: How has Lifeline impacted your life and/or career? A: Lifeline was a good starting point in my career. It set the foundation for the skills, ethics, and mental preparation to this field 2) Q:...

As you kick start your career as an EMT you will be faced with so many new challenging and sometimes frightening situations that your textbooks have not prepared you for. We took to inviting a few veterans to tell us what the one thing was they wish someone had told...

On Monday February 18, President’s Day, Terrence Stanford, one of Lifeline’s devoted Medicar drivers was feeling deflated to find a nail had punctured his car tire. Not wanting to miss work, on President’s Day nonetheless, he came in anyway, not a second late. When he...