Favorite Archival Object: Medic One Photographs, 1970s

Medic One photographs from the 1970s

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The "Favorite Archival Object" series is a monthly installment featuring archivists from Seattle Municipal Archives' highlighting some of our favorite items from the collections.

In this installment, Seattle Municipal Archives' Photo Archivist Jules Irick describes the history of the Seattle Fire Department's Medic One program. This was a joint effort led by Harborview head of cardiology, Dr. Leonard Cobb and Seattle Fire Department Chief Gordon Vickery, with grant funding from the Washington-Alaska Regional Medical program, the University School of Medicine, and additional funding came from the WA State Health Dept and the WA State Heart Assoc. The pilot program was also buoyed by tremendous community support.

SMA MATERIAL CITATIONS

— [Medic 1 aid units] (circa 1970s), Item 208853, Record Series 2801-09: Fire Department Slides and Photographs

— [First Medic One ambulance at Virginia Mason Hospital] (circa 1970s), Item 208375. Record Series 2801-09: Fire Department Slides and Photographs

— Medic One aid unit (circa 1970s), Item 178855, Record Series 2801-09: Fire Department Slides and Photographs — Medic One Unit at Hospital (1973), Item 73165, Record Series 2801-09: Fire Department Slides and Photographs — [Medic 1 ambulance] (circa 1970s), Item 208376, Record Series 2801-09: Fire Department Slides and Photographs
— [Attendees at Exhibit on Medic I and Medic II. "System for the management of non-hospital emergencies."] (1972), Item 196161, Record Series 2801-09: Fire Department Slides and Photographs
— Recruiting Spot (1964), Item 880, Record Series 2801-11: Seattle Fire Department Moving Images
— Seattle Fire Department Scrapbooks, 1970-1972, Record Series 2801-13
— Press Release: Medic One has saved 655 "clinically dead" citizens in first six years (August 10, 1976), Item 8_10_1976_report, Record Series 2805-01: Medic I and II Records

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
— "Saving Time, Saving Lives." Allison, Rhonda. University of Washington Daily. May 26, 1970. No. 113, C26.
— Seattle Daily Times , Night Sports Final ed., 16 Dec. 1970, p. 62.
— Seattle Daily Times , 14 Feb. 1971, p. 8.
— Seattle Daily Times , Night Sports Final ed., 16 Feb. 1971, p. 21.
— Seattle Daily Times , Night Sports Final ed., 17 Feb. 1971, p. 23.
— Seattle Daily Times , Night Sports Final ed., 25 Feb. 1971, p. 8. — Seattle Daily Times , Night Sports Final ed., 26 Feb. 1971, p. 59. — Seattle Daily Times , Night Sports Final ed., 4 Mar. 1971, p. 1.
— Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and American Heart Association. Second Chance to Live. Screen Education Enterprises, 1974. OCLC Number/Unique Identifier: 7334534
— Safer, Morley, et al. 60 Minutes. Medic One. Columbia Broadcasting System, 1974

All of the videos from the "Favorite Archival Object" series feature the following:
– Footage in introduction titles: Seattle Channel, Item cs_112119_3071924V
– Music: "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannellis from YouTube's Audio Library (Creative Commons)

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