Playgrounds are considered a safe place for kids to have fun, make new friends and burn off energy, but more than 200,000 children are injured on playgrounds every year. National Playground Safety Week raises awareness about playground injuries and educates people on...
On March 7, Sunstar paramedic Rick Small and EMTs Adam Renelt and Chris Wells responded to a 9-1-1 call for an elderly man who was having a massive stroke and needed immediate care. The team quickly transported him to the nearest hospital, but they knew their job...
Josh Hoover’s supervisor shift on February 18 started like many other days. That morning, he began preparing to monitor the Sunstar Paramedics crews on duty and to assist on the scene of emergencies. Then Sunstar Paramedics received a call about a child in cardiac...
College students, families and local residents flock to Pinellas County beaches to spend spring break splashing in the waves and relaxing in the sun. A record 5.9 million visitors have stayed in Pinellas County over the past year, crowding area beaches and waterways...
Sunstar Paramedics paramedic Josh Brumwell and EMT Julia Watson were awarded the 2015 Commissioner Morroni Award of Excellence in EMS at the 20th annual Appreciation Luncheon for Emergency Personnel on January 30, 2015. Brumwell and Watson received the award for their...
