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Emergency
Medical Services Week
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Special
Edition
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EMS Week May 15-22, 2011
National
Emergency Medical Services Week brings together local communities and
medical personnel to publicize safety
and
honor the dedication of those who provide the day-to-day
lifesaving
services of medicine's "front line."
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 Napa County
EMS Aircraft Training and
EMS Week Family Picnic
Sunday May 15th, Napa County will host an EMS
Aircraft Training at Lake Berryessa, with REACH, CalStar, Sonoma County
Sherrif's & CHP's Air Rescue units, plus CalFire & US Coast
Guard Air Ships. This is an opportunity for field personnel to interact
with flight crews in a non-emergency situation, receive important
safety information and practice field operations. A Barbeque
Appreciation Lunch will also be provided.
Tuesday May 17th, the Napa County Board of
Supervisors will make a formal proclamation of EMS Week in Napa
County at its regulary scheduled meeting.
Saturday May 21st, EMS Week Appreciation Family
Picnic, including a softball game between clinical and field staff. Any
questions? Contact: Ty Cook ty.cook@countyofnapa.org
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Marin
County's First
EMS
Week
"Survivor
Celebration"
On May 19, Marin County EMS
Agency will reunite several patients with the Everyday
Heroes who saved their lives. For further details
please visit www.marinems.org.
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The Northstate Prehospital
Conference 
and EMS Week Celebration
May 21, 2011
This event at Win-River Casino in Redding
includes many dynamic speakers, 7 continuing education units,
continental breakfast and lunch. The organizations will also
recognize two Everyday Heroes from our community during this EMS Week
event:
Darren Duvall is with the Cottonwood Fire Protection District and has
been with the Cottonwood Fire Department since 2008. He is
chairman of the fundraising committee for Volunteer Firefighter's of
Cottonwood and teaches classes for volunteers to earn emergency
response, CPR and first aid certifications.
Brenda Massingham has volunteered for the Shasta Fire Department for
two years. She's a graduate of the Shasta College Fire Academy
who is an EMT skills coach at the college and education speaker for the
Shasta County Chemical People, a nonprofit group that promotes alcohol,
tobacco and drug-free living.
For more information, visit www.norcalems.org/
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Celebrating the EMS Community
in Sacramento
REACH, CalStar and the Trauma Center at Kaiser
Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center have invited all EMS
professionals to join them for a Bar-B-Que and celebration at the
Kaiser South Sacramento, Trauma Thursday, May 19 from 11am to 2pm
at 6600 Bruceville Road. EMS providers who can't make it for the
BBQ are encouraged to stop by all week for gifts and
cookies.
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  San
Francisco
EMS
Awards 2011
The San Francisco EMS Agency and
the San Francisco Paramedic Association will honor EMS Team
Members with the 2011 EMS Week Awards Presentation on Wednesday, May
18, 2011 at 11:30am with lunch to follow at the Association, 657
Mission Street, #302.
For further information please
contact steve.laplante@sfgov.org or Art
Hsieh at ahsieh@sfparamedics.org
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In
Merced, Riggs Ambulance Service is hosting a celebration barbecue for
all EMS personnel Monday, May 16th. For information,
contact Sonya Severo at 209-564-6784.
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During EMS Week, the San Luis Obispo County EMS
Agency will honor local heros:
Joe Piedalue,
San Luis Ambulance, will be awarded the "Outstanding
EMS Contributor Award" which recognizes an individual who by their participation
and innovative thinking contributed to the enhancement and development
of EMS in San Luis Obispo County, and whose contributions to the
prehospital care programs have been significant, representing
outstanding service to the profession and the public.
Atascadero Firefighter, Tom Little, Colene Little, and
Darlene Merrill R.N, Coastal Wellness Center will all receive the
"Beyond the Call of Duty Award" for heroic actions. While traveling on Hwy 46, Firefighter Little observed a
vehicle on the side of the road and noted CPR was being administered
and stopped to assist. He took over compression and Darlene Merrill,
R.N., who was doing recue breathing, continued CPR for 20-25
minutes. Colene Little maintained communications with dispatch.
Kern County recue took over CPR, implemented an advanced airway and
shocked the patient twice. Several days later the patient made a full
recovery.
Templeton Fire Department (Chief Jim Langborg) will
receive the "Beyond the Call of Duty Award" for heroic
actions. Last September,
the department performed CPR and applied the Automated External
Defibrillator (AED) on one of their own, Tony Broom, who collapsed
after training drills. Their efforts resulted in a successful
resuscitation. The department went on to locate his family and assist
in getting them to the hospital. Firefighter Broom has since been
released back to full duty.
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