Durham County Emergency Medical Services

01/12/2026

01/12/2026

Today is Save Sunday, where we recognize the medics, AEMTs and EMTs who were involved in cardiac arrests with sustained ROSC (return of spontaneous circulation) during the previous week. Great job everyone!

01/09/2026

Some advice from our friends at the Durham County Department of Public Health about this flu season!

01/07/2026

Today is Well Done Wednesday, where we spotlight exceptional work by our paramedics, AEMTs and EMTs. This week’s honorees are Paramedic Darren Steadman and AEMT Mike Santos. This crew adeptly handled a difficult call with multiple medical, social and psychiatric factors and made sure that the patient was receiving the highest quality care.

12/31/2025

Today is Well Done Wednesday, where we spotlight exceptional work by our paramedics, AEMTs and EMTs. This week’s honorees are EMT Melena Franks and EMT Lily Sharp, nominated by Paramedic Darren Steadman for their recent performance on a stroke call.

Darren writes that Melena and Lily were assisting him with doing a follow-up stroke screen when the patient began to have a seizure and her face became cyanotic. Melena and Lily were able to quickly oxygenate the patient while Darren administered medication to stop the seizure.

Darren writes, “I’m not sure how many times they have witnessed a patient seizing in front of them, but they remembered oxygenation was the most important step and jumped on it without hesitation. Lily provided great assistance in the back working up to her scope of practice, and Melena provided a very smooth emergency ride to Duke.”