2016 Year in Review: Top 10 Videos

EMS World takes pride in providing the most newsworthy, up-to-date and educational videos for our readers. Here are the top 10 videos of 2016:

1. Body Cam Records W. Va. Paramedic’s Response to Drug Overdose—A 9-1-1 call comes in to Cabell County EMS. The caller is a worried mother. She just found her son unconscious in their Barboursville home. He's turning blue and barely breathing. A used needle lays on the floor next to his bed. He is minutes from death. Video shows a paramedic’s response.
2. Women of Tenn. Fire Department Create Calendar for Charity—Each woman in the Nashville Fire Department chose a location for their photo that had a personal meaning to them.
3. Concern That Va. Firefighter/Paramedic Found Dead Was Victim of Bullying—After a Va. firefighter/paramedic was found dead in an apparent suicide, an internal investigation raised concerns she may have been bullied.
4. Just Narc Me: New Trend Among Addicts—A new trend among drug users in N.D. raised some concerns for first responders. Users were having their friends have Narcan at the ready in case of an overdose.
5. Inmates Break Free to Help Officer Who Suffered Cardiac Arrest—Inmates broke out of their holding room after they saw a jailer collapse and knew something was wrong.
6. Mich. Agency Releases Video of Ambulance Destroyed in Crash—One person was injured in the crash after they ran a stop sign and hit the ambulance on June 23, 2016.
7. 24 Hours on the Frontlines of Florida’s Flakka Crisis—A reporter follows Florida EMS crews as they respond to flakka calls.
8. 4-year-old Idaho Boy "Internally Decapitated" Survives Without Surgery—Less than 1% survive the injury.
9. Faces of an Emergency: The Art of EMS—A video compilation of images from DanSun Photo Art.
10. Carfentanil Poses Deadly Risks to Both Drug Users, Responders—Carfentanil-laced heroin turned up in Pittsburgh in late July, then Cleveland and now it's showing up in the Tri-State.