Governor Proclaims Emergency Medical Services for Children Day

Emergency Medical Services For Children Day

2025

By The Governor Of The State Of North Carolina

A Proclamation

Whereas, Emergency Medical Services for Children supports EMS, the community-based public service whose presence is vital to children in need; and

Whereas, the needs of children are different than the needs of adults in medical emergencies; and

Whereas, Emergency Medical Services for Children promotes the high-level emergency care given by EMS providers with pediatric emergency skills, assisting in the implementation of training for use of advanced technical equipment and services in preparation to save the life of a child; and

Whereas, EMS providers are prepared to respond to children who access the system and return them to an optimum level of health and work with physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, firefighters, educators, administrators, and others to identify and address the issues surrounding the provision of optimal pediatric care; and

Whereas, Emergency Medical Services for Children assists in the development of training programs and guidelines for emergency care providers so that children with special health care needs receive timely and appropriate care;

Now, Therefore, I, Josh Stein, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim May 21, 2025, as “Emergency Medical Services For Children Day” in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this sixth day of May in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-fifth and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-ninth.