Skip to main content

© 2026 Delaware Public Media | Privacy Policy

Donate

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

NPR Headlines

Local Medics Train Chicago Residents To Help Shooting Victims

WBEZ Chicago | By Shannon Heffernan

Published October 27, 2017 at 7:36 AM EDT

A street medic patch marks a first aid kit at a UMedics workshop in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. The group trains everyday people to care for shooting victims, control a chaotic scene and talk to cops and paramedics.

Copyright 2017 WBEZ Chicago

NPR Headlines

Shannon Heffernan

Shannon is a criminal justice reporter. She's also reported on mental health, poverty, labor and climate change.

See stories by Shannon Heffernan

More from Delaware Public Media

NPR Headlines

Record cyclosporiasis outbreak tests the response of a 'weakened' health system

Yuki Noguchi

From state and local food-safety response to the federal health agencies that fund that work, a record-breaking year for cyclosporiasis cases runs up against the Trump administration's cuts last year.
NPR Headlines

The Iran war and tariffs are costing farmers. Will Republicans pay in November?

Scott Neuman, Michael Levitt

In some tight midterm races, how farmers frustrated with the war and rising costs vote could make a difference.
NPR Headlines

Three things to know about the $40 trillion federal debt

Scott Horsley

The U.S. federal debt hit a record $40 trillion this week. The debt has doubled since 2017, and just paying interest on the accumulated debt now costs the government more than $1 trillion a year.