Join a SWAT team during a training exercise in this 360 video. Learn more about new tactics and training designed to keep SWAT team members and suspects safer: bit.ly/SWAT360. | Nebraska Public Media

Tactical paramedic Katheryn Ericsson provides emergency medical services to SWAT officers during hostile standoffs. Quality sleep helps her make split second decisions that can save lives. – Content by Sleep Number® | CNN

"What's your pulse like at this part?" "Probably close to 200." Immediately following a grueling SWAT tryout, hopeful PCSO tactical paramedics are taken to a scenario involving a wounded officer. Their ability to remain level-headed despite being completely exhausted is exactly what is needed at a SWAT callout. Listen to the full episode with Tactical Paramedic Supervisor Joey Greco wherever you listen to podcasts. | Pinellas County Sheriff's Office

The Paramedic Never Talked About Her Past – Until a Soldier Recognized Her From Fallujah The construction worker’s leg injury looked beyond saving. By the time the ambulance doors swung open at Metro General, his pant leg was torn, his boot sitting at an angle that was clearly wrong. Co-workers shouted over each other, someone thrust a hard hat with his name at the staff, and a wallet with a family photo slipped out onto the floor. Father of three. Everyone was waiting for a trauma surgeon. Sara