National EMS Week May 17-23, 2009
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 post a thank you note
to your local EMS agency.
The southwestern Pennsylvania EMS agencies wish
to thank our 2009 sponsors:
Bayer Corporation; Penn Care; Pittsburgh Pirates;
Eat 'N Park; The EMS Institute;
and PA Dept. of Health, Bureau of EMS.
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?"