Released on = May 11, 2006, 9:55 pm

Press Release Author = Community Dispatch

Industry = Healthcare

Press Release Summary = The theme of the 2006 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week
is "EMS: Serving on Health Care's Front Line." This theme was chosen to remind the
public that EMS personnel provide vital, lifesaving medical support to victims of
sudden and serious illness or injury.

Press Release Body = The theme of the 2006 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week is
"EMS: Serving on Health Care\'s Front Line." This theme was chosen to remind the
public that EMS personnel provide vital, lifesaving medical support to victims of
sudden and serious illness or injury. The EMS system depends on the availability and
coordination of its components, ranging from an informed public capable of
recognizing medical emergencies to a network of trauma centers capable of providing
highly specialized care. The 9-1-1 emergency number, search and rescue teams, and
prehospital and emergency department personnel are critical components of the EMS
system (American College of Emergency Physicians, 2002).
Emergency Medical Services Week 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 medicine\'s \"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.
Throughout EMS Week, state and local activities are planned to recognize EMS
providers (police, paramedics, fire fighters, first responders, and emergency
medical technicians). Through CDC\'s sponsorship, the American College of Emergency
Physicians offers a free 2006 EMS Week Kit, including a planning guide to help
communities promote activities for the week. This year, the planning guide features
the Model Communities initiative sponsored by CDC\'s TIIDE Project (Terrorism
Injuries: Information, Dissemination, and Exchange). The Model Communities
initiative identifies established relationships between the emergency care and
public health communities that can effectively respond to events involving large
numbers of injuries.
Learn about CDC\'s Model Communities project to promote effective collaboration
between EMS and public health systems.
To order a free 2006 EMS Week Kit, get involved, or learn more about EMS week, go to
http://www.acep.org/emsweek.
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