{"id":31446,"date":"2025-05-15T14:49:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/?page_id=31446"},"modified":"2025-05-23T15:43:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:43:27","slug":"ems-week-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/emergency-medical-services\/ems-week-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"EMS Week 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31447 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/EMS-Week-Logo-2025-Full-Color-300x139.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/EMS-Week-Logo-2025-Full-Color-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/EMS-Week-Logo-2025-Full-Color-1024x475.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/EMS-Week-Logo-2025-Full-Color-768x356.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/05\/EMS-Week-Logo-2025-Full-Color.png 1267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Happy Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week, May 18-24, 2025! <\/strong>EMS for Children Day, May 21, focuses on the pediatric patient and the specialized care required when providing treatment to them.<\/p>\n<p>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. <span class=\"TextRun SCXW193997972 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193997972 BCX0\">Last year, EMS providers responded to 1.74 million calls for help in Virginia, which <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193997972 BCX0\">represents<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193997972 BCX0\"> approximately 4,754 incidents per day!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Governor Glenn Youngkin Celebrates EMS Week with Special Event Recognizing the Governor\u2019s EMS Award Recipients &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/newsroom\/news-releases\/2025\/may\/name-1046558-en.html\">Read the News Release, May 23, 2025<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>EMS Week in Virginia \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/newsroom\/proclamations\/proclamation-list\/emergency-medical-services-week-3.html\">2025 Governor\u2019s Proclamation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A special <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/N6Ogt1Kscb8\">Thank You Video<\/a> to Virginia&#8217;s EMS Providers during EMS Week.<\/li>\n<li>Learn more about National EMS Week:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/emsweek.org\/\">https:\/\/emsweek.org\/<\/a><\/li>\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> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/virginiaems\">X<\/a> pages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>National EMS Week will feature a theme for each day of this special week. Learn more about EMS Week at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/emsweek.org\/\">https:\/\/emsweek.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 National EMS Week themed days are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunday is \u201cHealth, Wellness, and Resilience Day\u201d 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\/\u201dNational Stop the Bleed\u201d 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 \u201cEMS Remembrance Day\u201d 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<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week, May 18-24, 2025! 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