American Sirens Quotes

“You have profoundly affected thousands of lives: the young and the old, the wealthy and the indigent, the prominent and the anonymous.”
― Kevin Hazzard, American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics

“there is no evidence of reduced mortality and morbidity with advanced life-support rendered by physicians riding ambulances versus well-trained [paramedics.]” Translation: when all hell broke loose and a patient’s life was on the line, anything a doctor could do, a medic could do (as well, if not) better.”
― Kevin Hazzard, American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics

“By the 1950s—nearly a century after Bellevue had assigned surgeons to the job—the American ambulance was staffed by attendants with all the expertise of a lifeguard at the public pool.”
― Kevin Hazzard, American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics