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A fascinating, compellingly-written history of Pittsburgh's Freedom House, the US' first emergency medical service operated by medically-trained paramedics. Freedom House was founded in 1967 and was closed in 1975 due to various political issues, though they did serve as a model for the development of similar emergency medical services nationwide and beyond -- it was shocking but not entirely surprising to learn that prior to the 1960s and even into the 1970s, the people providing emergency medi
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