Several events are planned locally around National EMS Week, to honor emergency medical services heroes among the greater Franklin County area providers.
The American College of Emergency Physicians designates a special week each year to bring together local communities and medical personnel.
National EMS Week will feature grassroots activities coast-to-coast planned around the theme, “EMS: There When You Need Us.”
The weeklong series will include national and local activities to honor paramedics, emergency medical technicians, first responders, firefighters and the police, to raise public awareness about health and safety issues.
Franklin Memorial Hospital Emergency Medical Services include five area ambulances: LifeStar Ambulance, Community Emergency Services, Rangeley Ambulance, Sugarloaf Ambulance, and AMPS.
Upcoming events include:
• Open House at AMPS from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 20. AMPS will also be doing blood pressure screenings at the Shadagee Apartments at noon on Wednesday, May 19.
• Open House and building dedication for the new Rangeley Ambulance location from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 22.
• Open House at the Sugarloaf Ambulance from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 19.
• Open House at CES in Livermore from 2 to 4 p.m. on Monday, May 17, and from 1 to 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 20.
• LifeStar Ambulance representatives will visit hospital patients and nursing home residents to distribute artwork done by children. They will also distribute coloring books and poison control and 911 stickers to children in the main entrance of Franklin Memorial Hospital at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 22.
Another national tribute will take place on Saturday, May 29, with the Annual National Moment of Silence to honor and remember the nation’s EMS providers who have given their lives in the line of duty. All EMS and communications agencies participating will observe 60 seconds of radio silence on this day at 8 p.m.
For more information on EMS Week activities, call the Franklin Community Health Network Education Department at 779-2381.
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