Open Airways: Stories from the back of the ambulance
How Far We’ve Come
Cynthia Osborne
“…We had no idea, within our training at the time, we did not know what we had done … What I decided at that point is nobody will ever go out in the street with as little as I knew.” Click to hear some fascinating stories from Cynthia Osborne as she tells of her journey to become a female medic in the early days of EMS in Chicago, and recounts the changes she has seen since.
Open Airways is a project to capture an oral history for the benefit of the EMS Community. EMS responders share some of the most meaningful cases of their careers, sometimes with humor and always with compassion. We hope that they will help us improve your practice and inspire a new generation of caregivers.
This series is produced by FISDAP with the support of EMSResponder.com. Listen to the latest features here and look for the series archive at openairways.net.
To share your most meaningful case and the lesson it taught you, call FISDAP Open Airways at 1.651.314.7424
One of the most genuinely nice people I have ever known in my travels not only in EMS and in life. I wish I could have been exposed to her for a longer period of time. Hope you’re doing well, Cynthia. Great story, too.