{"id":29264,"date":"2024-05-18T19:12:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T23:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/?page_id=29264"},"modified":"2024-05-24T18:29:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T22:29:44","slug":"ems-week-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/ems-week-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"EMS Week 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-29268 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/05\/ACEP_EMS-Week_2024_FB_1200x628-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/05\/ACEP_EMS-Week_2024_FB_1200x628-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/05\/ACEP_EMS-Week_2024_FB_1200x628-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/05\/ACEP_EMS-Week_2024_FB_1200x628-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/05\/ACEP_EMS-Week_2024_FB_1200x628.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Virginians rely on Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel to respond to the call for help and to provide quality prehospital care during their greatest time of need. <strong>National EMS Week is May 19-25, 2024. EMS for Children Day, May 22<\/strong>, focuses on the pediatric patient and the specialized care required when providing treatment to them.<\/p>\n<p>EMS Week recognizes the dedication of 38,721 EMS providers and 552 agencies in Virginia. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, EMS providers responded to more than 1.72 million calls for help in Virginia, which represents approximately 4,712 incidents per day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>National EMS Week will feature a theme for each day of this special week. Learn more about EMS Week at: <a href=\"https:\/\/emsweek.org\/\">https:\/\/emsweek.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The 2024 National EMS Week themed days are as follows:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunday is &#8220;Health, Wellness, and Resilience Day&#8221; to promote the health, wellness and resilience of EMS providers and patients.<\/li>\n<li>Monday is \u201cEducation Day\u201d to highlight both public education programs and EMS provider education;<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday is \u201cEMS Safety Day\u201d to promote safety for the EMS provider, the patient and the public;<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday is \u201cEMS for Children Day\u201d to highlight the special needs of the pediatric patient;<\/li>\n<li>Thursday is \u201cSave-A-Life Day\u201d\/&#8221;National Stop the Bleed&#8221; to promote CPR and Stop the Bleed, which is citizen bleeding control education, \u201cUntil Help Arrives\u201d \u2013 active bystander training, public CPR programs and other related education programs;<\/li>\n<li>Friday is \u201cEMS Recognition Day\u201d to recognize your local EMS heroes and those saved by the EMS system.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday is &#8220;EMS Remembrance Day&#8221; to honor EMS personnel who have died in the line-of-duty and to recognize the ultimate sacrifice they made for their communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>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.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We invite you to share your\u00a0EMS Week happenings on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Virginia-EMS\/153545858005772?ref=hl\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/virginiaems\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0pages.<\/li>\n<li>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/ems-week-events-2024\/\">EMS Week events<\/a> happening in Virginia<\/li>\n<li>Learn more about National EMS Week: <a href=\"https:\/\/emsweek.org\/\">https:\/\/emsweek.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>EMS Week in Virginia &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/newsroom\/proclamations\/proclamation-list\/emergency-medical-services-week-2.html\">2024 Governor&#8217;s Proclamation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>National EMS Week &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2024\/05\/17\/a-proclamation-on-national-emergency-services-week-2024\/#:~:text=NOW%2C%20THEREFORE%2C%20I%2C%20JOSEPH,National%20Emergency%20Medical%20Services%20Week.\">2024 Presidential Proclamation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>EMS Week &amp; Governor&#8217;s EMS Awards <a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/VAVDHORCE\/bulletins\/39e2531\">Newsletter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2023 Governor&#8217;s EMS Awards presented at the Governor&#8217;s Mansion during EMS Week\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/2023-governors-ems-awards\/\">Award Recipients<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/07\/2023-Governors-EMS-Award-Recipents-Bios-for-website.pdf\">Award Recipients&#8217; Bios<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/newsroom\/news-releases\/2024\/may\/name-1027312-en.html\">News Release<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginians rely on Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel to respond to the call for help and to provide quality prehospital care during their greatest time of need. 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