National EMS Week May 18-24, 2008
If you are an EMS Provider:
The Emergency Medical Service Institute
and
want to say
"THANK YOU!"
This week, we will take time to REALIZE WHAT YOU DO!
Be sure to read the “thank you” notes and view celebrity thank you pages!
If you are not an EMS Provider, please be sure to post a thank you note
to your local EMS agency.
KDKA RADIO INTERVIEW KDKA "Jambulance" Coverage WPXI Press Conference
Y108-FM "Jambulance" Results KDKA Pittsburgh Today Live
(Scroll To Robinson EMS Photo)
Do You Realize:
- The name of your local ambulance service?
- There are 13,713 registered EMS Professionals in the 10-County Region of Southwest Pennsylvania?
- "EMS" as we know it started in Pittsburgh?
- There are 198 ground and air ambulance services in the 10-County Region of Southwest Pennsylvania?
- Who is on an ambulance?
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Your local EMS Agency is a valuable community resource just like fire and law enforcement?
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You can say "Thank You?"
In the calendar year 2007 in Pennsylvania:
- 1.8 Million patients were assessed by EMS
- That's 205 every hour of every day
- That's equivalent to the entire population of the state evaluated every 7.7 years
- That's 205 every hour of every day
- There are 51,000 current certified providers
- There are 999 ground and air ambulance agencies
- There are 503 recognized QRS agencies
- You can say "Thank You?"