Photos: UA's Emergency Medical Service
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Student volunteers respond to emergencies on Tucson campus.
First responder Brittney Ruiz, right, surveys the scene at University of Arizona Campus Recreation Center as emergency crews from UA EMS and Tucson Fire arrive simultaneously. Brittney Lawrence, 19, sophomore from Tempe has fainted during a workout.
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
Members of University EMS this year acquired a Chevy Suburban to serve as an emergency vehicle for quicker response. They currently do not run with lights and sirens but are equipped to do so when they get authorization from UAPD.
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
EMT Training Captain Taylor Marques, center, assists the class in using a transfer device for moving patients during training in the offices of ASUA in the Student Union at University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ . Photo taken Friday, October 2, 2015. Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
EMTs Mariah Mathis, Shannon Landaver and Sam Harwood, l-r, work together to move First Responder Ryan Yee onto a transfer device during EMS training in the offices of ASUA in the Student Union at University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ . Photo taken Friday, October 2, 2015. Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
EMTs Hailey Blunt and Samantha Roberts stand by to offer assistance to anyone in need during the 2015 911 Tower Challenge at the University of Arizona Stadium in Tucson, AZ. Photo taken Friday, September 11, 2015. Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
UEMS team members check a patient they’d earlier seen for a head wound, which had later reopened.
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
EMT Haily Blunt Haily shares patient information and vitals signs with a Tucson Fire Department rescue squad who will transport the patient to University Hospital.
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
First responder Brittney Ruiz, left, Chief Zach Saxman and EMT Haily Blunt head to Yavapai Hall to see to a student with stomach pain.
- Photos by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
EMS squad responds to a call for a person down at the UA Recreation Center.
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
First responder Brittney Ruiz, right, surveys the scene at University of Arizona Campus Recreation Center as emergency crews from UA EMS and Tucson Fire arrive simultaneously. Brittney Lawrence, 19, sophomore from Tempe has fainted during a workout.
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
First responder Brittney Ruiz, left, and EMT Haily Blunt, right, go over an incident report between calls.
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
Members of University EMS squad leave the site of an intoxicated student call on a sorority lawn. They treated the student who is now being transported to the hospital by Southwest ambulance.
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
Members of University EMS squad move on another call from their squad room in the basement of Kaibab Hall.
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
Members of University EMS this year acquired a Chevy Suburban to serve as an emergency vehicle for quicker response. They currently do not run with lights and sirens but are equipped to do so when they get authorization from UAPD.
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
EMT Rene Moran takes notes during EMS training in the offices of ASUA in the Student Union at University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ . Photo taken Friday, October 2, 2015. Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
EMT Training Captain Taylor Marques, center, assists the class in using a transfer device for moving patients during training in the offices of ASUA in the Student Union at University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ . Photo taken Friday, October 2, 2015. Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
EMTs Mariah Mathis, Shannon Landaver and Sam Harwood, l-r, work together to move First Responder Ryan Yee onto a transfer device during EMS training in the offices of ASUA in the Student Union at University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ . Photo taken Friday, October 2, 2015. Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
The team has responds to a patient they saw for a head wound at the UA recreation center from an earlier call. He was treated and released but his wound has reopened. Coronado Hall.
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
University EMS captain Zach Saxman talks with a Tucson Fire paramedic and unpacks a glucose meter. EMT Haily Blunt, background left, is in training as a captain so Saxman performs the duties as care provider.
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
EMTs Hailey Blunt and Samantha Roberts stand by to offer assistance to anyone in need during the 2015 911 Tower Challenge at the University of Arizona Stadium in Tucson, AZ. Photo taken Friday, September 11, 2015. Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
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