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SR 239 - Emergency Medical Services Recognition Day

Hill, Jack (4th)

Status Summary	SC:		HC:		FR:	03/04/99	LA:	03/04/99	S - Passed/Adopted

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A resolution commending the first responders, emergency medical technicians, cardiac technicians, and paramedics of Georgia and observing the second annual Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Recognition Day.

SR 239                                              LC 8 3689 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Commending the first responders, emergency medical 
  1- 2  technicians, cardiac technicians, and paramedics of Georgia 
  1- 3  and observing the second annual Emergency Medical Services 
  1- 4  (EMS) Recognition Day; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 5  WHEREAS, through a coordinated, state-wide network, the 
  1- 6  emergency medical services (EMS) professionals of Georgia 
  1- 7  respond to almost one million calls for assistance annually, 
  1- 8  risking their lives on a daily basis to go to the aid of 
  1- 9  those in need; and 
 
  1-10  WHEREAS, in the State of Georgia, there are over 5,000 first 
  1-11  responders, 7,500 emergency medical technicians, 140 cardiac 
  1-12  technicians, and 4,000 paramedics who provide the essential 
  1-13  lifesaving services associated with out-of-hospital 
  1-14  emergency medical care delivery; and 
 
  1-15  WHEREAS, these thousands of professionals perform their 
  1-16  lifesaving duties through a network composed of hundreds of 
  1-17  nonlicensed first responder providers, certified automatic 
  1-18  external defibrillator providers, air ambulance transport 
  1-19  providers, and in excess of 270 licensed first responder 
  1-20  services, emergency medical services, and neonatal transport 
  1-21  services; and 
 
  1-22  WHEREAS, the goals of each and every one of these 
  1-23  individuals and services include illness and injury 
  1-24  prevention activities; trauma system development activities; 
  1-25  public information and education activities; the prompt, 
  1-26  efficient, and effective delivery of prehospital emergency 
  1-27  medical care; transportation to the most appropriate 
  1-28  receiving facility; and other activities related to the 
  1-29  health and well-being of the citizens of the State of 
  1-30  Georgia; and 
 
  1-31  WHEREAS, the emergency medical services professionals of 
  1-32  Georgia have continuously supported efforts to elevate the 
  1-33  standards and training of first responders, emergency 
  1-34  medical technicians, cardiac technicians, and paramedics and 
  1-35  have been instrumental in increasing the public's awareness 
  1-36  of access to emergency services and what to do before the 
  1-37  arrival of EMS; and 
 
 
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  2- 1  WHEREAS, one of America's best emergency medical services 
  2- 2  systems, under the direction of the Department of Human 
  2- 3  Resources, Division of Public Health, Office of Emergency 
  2- 4  Medical Services and Injury Prevention, is celebrating its 
  2- 5  twenty-sixth year of existence in 1999; and 
 
  2- 6  WHEREAS, Thursday, February 25, 1999, is Emergency Medical 
  2- 7  Services Recognition Day in Georgia, and it is fitting and 
  2- 8  proper that the first responders, emergency medical 
  2- 9  technicians, cardiac technicians, and paramedics of Georgia 
  2-10  be recognized for their outstanding and courageous service 
  2-11  to the people of this state. 
 
  2-12  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that every 
  2-13  first responder, emergency medical technician, cardiac 
  2-14  technician, and paramedic in Georgia is commended for 
  2-15  outstanding service to the people of this state and that 
  2-16  Emergency Medical Services Recognition Day be observed in 
  2-17  honor of these lifesaving professionals by inviting them to 
  2-18  a day at the Capitol on Thursday, February 25, 1999. 
 
  2-19  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is 
  2-20  authorized and directed to transmit appropriate copies of 
  2-21  this resolution to Paul Genest, President of the Emergency 
  2-22  Medical Services Director's Association of Georgia; David 
  2-23  Bean, President of the Georgia Association of Emergency 
  2-24  Medical Technicians; and Sam R. Cunningham, Director of the 
  2-25  Georgia Office of Emergency Medical Services of the 
  2-26  Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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