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05-01-2006, 12:09 AM
May 14-20, 2006
May 14-20, 2006. The event brings together local communities and medical personnel to publicize safety and honor the dedication of those who provide the day-to-day lifesaving services of the medical “front line.”
National EMS Week will feature hundreds of grassroots activities coast-to-coast that will be planned around this year’s theme, “EMS: Serving on Health Care’s Front Line,” which underscores the commitment and dedication of the 750,000 EMS providers who serve their communities.
“As this year’s theme emphasizes, the brave men and women who serve as EMS providers are often first on the scene of a disaster, a motor vehicle crash or other event that may place them in a hazardous environment,” said Dr. Frederick Blum, president of ACEP. “It’s important that we take the time to honor these front line medical responders for often going above and beyond the call of duty to save lives, while risking their own.”
The weeklong series of events will include national and local activities to honor EMS providers (paramedics, emergency medical technicians, first responders, fire fighters, and police) to raise public awareness about health and safety issues, including how to prevent injuries and what to do in a medical emergency. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Health Resources and Services Administration, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention join ACEP as organizational sponsors of EMS Week.
Each year, ACEP develops and distributes EMS Week organizational kits to help communities plan and promote activities for the week. Kits are distributed to hospital emergency departments, state EMS offices, fire departments, EMS services, and the 53 ACEP chapters. The kits are made available free to the public thanks to this year's EMS Week 2006 corporate sponsors including EMD Pharmaceuticals; Kidde; PDI; Lighthouse Uniforms; First Alert; NBC Universal; Moore Medical; ZOLL; Page, Wolfberg and Wirth, LLC; EMS Magazine; the Journal of EMS; and Best Practices in Emergency Services.
The EMS Week kit also contains the EMS Week Planning Guide, which reports on national and community events held during EMS Week 2005 and highlights activities planned for 2006. The kit also contains numerous fact sheets addressing important injury prevention and health topics.
May 14-20, 2006. The event brings together local communities and medical personnel to publicize safety and honor the dedication of those who provide the day-to-day lifesaving services of the medical “front line.”
National EMS Week will feature hundreds of grassroots activities coast-to-coast that will be planned around this year’s theme, “EMS: Serving on Health Care’s Front Line,” which underscores the commitment and dedication of the 750,000 EMS providers who serve their communities.
“As this year’s theme emphasizes, the brave men and women who serve as EMS providers are often first on the scene of a disaster, a motor vehicle crash or other event that may place them in a hazardous environment,” said Dr. Frederick Blum, president of ACEP. “It’s important that we take the time to honor these front line medical responders for often going above and beyond the call of duty to save lives, while risking their own.”
The weeklong series of events will include national and local activities to honor EMS providers (paramedics, emergency medical technicians, first responders, fire fighters, and police) to raise public awareness about health and safety issues, including how to prevent injuries and what to do in a medical emergency. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Health Resources and Services Administration, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention join ACEP as organizational sponsors of EMS Week.
Each year, ACEP develops and distributes EMS Week organizational kits to help communities plan and promote activities for the week. Kits are distributed to hospital emergency departments, state EMS offices, fire departments, EMS services, and the 53 ACEP chapters. The kits are made available free to the public thanks to this year's EMS Week 2006 corporate sponsors including EMD Pharmaceuticals; Kidde; PDI; Lighthouse Uniforms; First Alert; NBC Universal; Moore Medical; ZOLL; Page, Wolfberg and Wirth, LLC; EMS Magazine; the Journal of EMS; and Best Practices in Emergency Services.
The EMS Week kit also contains the EMS Week Planning Guide, which reports on national and community events held during EMS Week 2005 and highlights activities planned for 2006. The kit also contains numerous fact sheets addressing important injury prevention and health topics.