Mark McAlister
Sewanee: University of the South
Project
Emergency Calls: A Community's Reply
Chile, Tanzania, Thailand, Denmark
As an undergraduate at Sewanee: The University of the South, I served as a volunteer emergency medical technician. This relationship to emergency medicine caused me to question the ways emergency medical ambulatory services function elsewhere. From the most urban to most rural environments around the world, how do these medical services operate, establish trust, provide security, and ensure well-being for the individuals who depend on them?