Happy Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week, May 18-24, 2025! EMS for Children Day, May 21, focuses on the pediatric patient and the specialized care required when providing treatment to them.
Virginians rely on EMS personnel to respond to their call for help and provide quality prehospital care. EMS Week in Virginia recognizes the dedication of 39,964 EMS providers and 548 agencies in the Commonwealth. Last year, EMS providers responded to 1.74 million calls for help in Virginia, which represents approximately 4,754 incidents per day!
Please join us in recognizing the inspiring contributions of our extraordinary EMS providers, as we thank them for their dedication to serving their neighbors and communities.
- Governor Glenn Youngkin Celebrates EMS Week with Special Event Recognizing the Governor’s EMS Award Recipients – Read the News Release, May 23, 2025.
- EMS Week in Virginia – 2025 Governor’s Proclamation.
- A special Thank You Video to Virginia’s EMS Providers during EMS Week.
- Learn more about National EMS Week: https://emsweek.org/
- We invite you to share your EMS Week happenings on our Facebook and X pages.
National EMS Week will feature a theme for each day of this special week. Learn more about EMS Week at: https://emsweek.org/.
The 2025 National EMS Week themed days are as follows:
- Sunday is “Health, Wellness, and Resilience Day” to promote the health, wellness and resilience of EMS providers and patients.
- Monday is “Education Day” to highlight both public education programs and EMS provider education;
- Tuesday is “EMS Safety Day” to promote safety for the EMS provider, the patient and the public;
- Wednesday is “EMS for Children Day” to highlight the special needs of the pediatric patient;
- Thursday is “Save-A-Life Day”/”National Stop the Bleed” to promote CPR and Stop the Bleed, which is citizen bleeding control education, “Until Help Arrives” – active bystander training, public CPR programs and other related education programs;
- Friday is “EMS Recognition Day” to recognize your local EMS heroes and those saved by the EMS system.
- Saturday is “EMS Remembrance Day” to honor EMS personnel who have died in the line-of-duty and to recognize the ultimate sacrifice they made for their communities.