r/streetmedics

173 archived posts · Sep 2014 – Jul 2026

Street Medics: Medical solidarity with people engaged in struggle

r/streetmedics

Street medics, or action medics, are volunteers with varying degrees of medical training who help provide medical care, such as first aid, in situations frequently neglected by traditional institutions - protests, disaster areas, under-served communities, and others. Unlike emergency medical technicians (EMTs), who work for state-sponsored institutions, street medics operate as civilians and are not protected from arrest. More info @ http://medic.wikia.com/wiki/Street_medic

Created Sep 21, 2014

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Street medics originated in the U.S. in 1964 during the African-American Civil Rights Movement, and have grown and evolved through movements since, into the present.

For further information, please check out http://medic.wikia.com/wiki/Street_medic

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