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| - Street medics work under the philosophy of "do no harm," meaning that medics use treatments that must never harm the patient more than they help. Because different medics have different levels of training, they will be able to provide different types of care. Street medic organizations in different cities or regions plan training programs that focus on treating demonstration-related injuries and plan medical coverage of upcoming demonstrations. Sometimes an affinity group will include one or more trained street medics to attend specifically to members of that group.
- 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. Sometimes an affinity group will include one or more trained street medics to attend specifically to members of that group.
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| - 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. Street medic organizations also run low-income herbal health clinics, wellness clinics for migrant workers, and temporary family practice clinics to support people who are organizing for self-defense or advocating for their rights. A group of street medics founded the first health clinic to open in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Street medics work under the philosophy of "first do no harm" (i.e., the Hippocratic Oath), meaning that medics employ treatments that must never harm the patient more than they help. Because medics have different levels of training, they will be able to provide different types of care. Street medic collectives representing cities or regions plan training programs focusing on treating demonstration-related injuries, and plan health, safety, and medical coverage of upcoming demonstrations. Sometimes an affinity group will include one or more trained street medics to attend specifically to members of that group. Many street medics have pursued further medical training, most commonly in nursing, emergency medicine, and herbalism. There are street medics employed in almost every field of medicine and rescue, including surgery, family practice medicine, psychiatry,research, both classical and traditional Chinese medicine, medical herbalism, first aid instruction, fire-fighting, and wilderness medicine.
- Street medics work under the philosophy of "do no harm," meaning that medics use treatments that must never harm the patient more than they help. Because different medics have different levels of training, they will be able to provide different types of care. Street medic organizations in different cities or regions plan training programs that focus on treating demonstration-related injuries and plan medical coverage of upcoming demonstrations. Sometimes an affinity group will include one or more trained street medics to attend specifically to members of that group. Street medics do not just deal with protesters in the streets. Some street medic collectives do heathcare related projects in their communities and abroad. Street medics run the Green Cross, a low-income herbal health clinic in northern California; clinics on the Pine Ridge, Big Mountain, and Rosebud Indian Reservations are run by AIM StreetMedics; a wellness clinic for migrant workers in Montana; and a temporary family practice clinic for striking janitors in Boston, MA. A group of street medics founded the Common Ground Health Clinic, a free integrative primary health care clinic in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Many street medics have pursued further medical training, most commonly in nursing, emergency medicine, and herbalism. There are street medics employed in almost every field of medicine and rescue, including surgery, family practice medicine, psychiatry, research, both classical and traditional Chinese medicine, first aid instruction, fire-fighting, and wilderness medicine.
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