Search News options Paramedics Lynn Fredricks and Tim Vesper prepare for another day aboard their Mobile Intesive Care Unit. The pair is on call to treat trauma and other seriously-injured patients in a variety of situation. Two Mobile Medical Response Paramedics calmly wheel a woman on life support down the hallways of Central Michigan Community Hospital. Tim Vesper and Lynn Fredricks take the woman to their awaiting vehicle as Vesper squeezes a plastic bag to the woman's mouth, enabling her to breath. He knows if he stops squeezing, she stops living.
Today is a busy, yet normal, day for the paramedics.
They are transporting the woman to a hospital in Saginaw for further treatment. Their job is to keep the woman stable during the transport in their Mobile Intensive Care Unit. Their MICU, Alpha 71, is an advanced life-support vehicle capable of transporting trauma patients or treating seriously injured people on the scene. The vehicle must have at least one paramedic and one registered nurse on board at all times. We're the physicians' eyes and ears.