Every year we take a week to recognize the contributions of EMS professionals. That week starts today.

It is our opportunity to celebrate our providers and the amazing job they perform. This week, one of the greatest honors for our state level organization will be given to one of our own. The Maryland Star of Life Award. Congratulations to Jimmy Breeden and the rest of the team that worked to save a PT. Your training and dedication led to a positive outcome.

To all of our members, thank you. Thank you for your knowledge, time and talent. Thank you for your time away from family and friends and for your service to our little village. You do amazing things.

From EMSweek.org:

As EMS professionals, WE CARE. FOR EVERYONE. Our dedication and lifesaving skills are put to the test every day. We’re called to care in big cities and in small towns, in private homes, businesses, schools and on our nation's roadways.

Whether it’s saving a young victim of a motor vehicle crash, helping an elderly patient who’s forgotten to take her medication, stabilizing a construction worker experiencing chest pain on the jobsite, or treating an overdose on a city street, we’re trained and ready to deliver a range of medical interventions and support because WE CARE. FOR EVERYONE.

Our roles and responsibilities are growing and changing and we’re rising to the challenge. From community paramedicine to preventive healthcare, we’re tasked with providing next-level patient navigation and care in new surroundings, using new technologies. We’re there for our community, whenever and wherever they need us. Because WE CARE. FOR EVERYONE.