Life Changer

David LaCovey and his wife, Marsha

We’re putting the spotlight on a life changer who has not only made an incredible impact on how EMS treats and assesses pediatric patients in the Pittsburgh area, but around the world, David LaCovey.

LaCovey says he became involved in EMS like many other people of his generation, because of the TV show, Emergency. An experience during Boy Scouts solidified his decision. Two paramedics from his local community, Arlington County, Virginia, helped the scouts earn their first aid merit badges. This was the first time something felt intuitive to him. It made sense and he didn’t have to work at it.

In 1976, he became an EMT, and his parents relocated to Pittsburgh in 1977. He started his EMS career with Tri-Community South EMS in the South Hills as a volunteer. Mary Ann Scott taught him how to […]