Help Support the Documentary “Paramedico – Around the World By Ambulance”

Like all EMS systems worldwide, this documentary is coming up a little short on cash as they work to finalize the project, so please help us support this fantastic effort by making a small donation in our name at their campaign page. “Paramedico” – Around the World By Ambulance A wild and candid documentary about four compelling paramedics in four very different countries by...

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Prehospital Reader

The Prehospital Reader The references listed here are by no means exhaustive, but they will assuredly offer some great insights into what prehospital care development should consist of. For formal, country-specific EMS models, please visit our DIEMS Project page (Database for International EMS Systems). For the most recent research and news articles, please visit our International EMS News...

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International News & Research

  International EMS News & Research In order to help you keep up-to-date on the latest news, research and opinions in the world of EMS development, we’ve put together this feed full of links to stories, articles, commentaries and whatever else we’re able to find that’s related to improving prehospital emergency care worldwide. If you have any stories or articles...

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Ambulance Donations

An Ambulance Set to Pasture; Trek Medics Int’l ©2011 Updated Vitals: Ambulance Donations J. Friesen, Feb. 2, 2011 One of the more common development initiatives that EMS agencies undertake is the donation of ambulances. While at first this may seem like a worthwhile cause, realities on the ground offer significant evidence that these efforts can often be far more detrimental to a...

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Loreto, Mexico – TMI Partners with Hermosa Beach FD EMS Program

In early May 2010, TMI was pleased to partner with Paramedic Paul Hawkins of the Hermosa Beach Fire Department (CA) to facilitate his continuing efforts in developing the EMS service of Loreto, Mexico – a program he founded 11 years ago. While passing through Loreto, Mexico, in March 2010, TMI had the chance to meet several Loreto paramedics who expressed a need for EKG monitors and other...

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TMI Partners with The GWC Group in Ecuador

TMI Partners with The GWC Group in Ecuador (Pilot Emergency Medical Services program in Ecuador to provide equipment and training) July 12, 2009 – Trek Medics International (TMI) has entered into a strategic partnership with George W. Contreras of The GWC Group to provide essential ambulance equipment to emergency first responders in Portoviejo, Ecuador. This past May, TMI was contacted by...

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