Governor Proclaims Emergency Medical Services Week 2024

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK

2024

BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, emergency medical services are vital to the public, with members of emergency medical services teams responding to 1.5 million emergency calls in North Carolina in 2024 and always ready to provide lifesaving care to those in need 24 hours a day, seven days a week; and

WHEREAS, access to quality emergency care dramatically improves the survival and recovery rates for those who experience sudden illness or injury; and

WHEREAS, the North Carolina emergency medical services system consists of 42,000 trained specialists, including emergency medical dispatchers, first responders, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, firefighters, educators, administrators, emergency nurses, emergency physicians, and others; and

WHEREAS, the members of emergency medical services teams, whether career or volunteer, engage in thousands of hours of specialized training and continuing education to enhance their lifesaving skills; and

WHEREAS, this week marks the 50th anniversary of Emergency Medical Services Week, highlighting a decades-long history of vital care being delivered to our communities; and

WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina is proud to recognize the value and the accomplishments of emergency medical services providers;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROY COOPER, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim May 19 – 25, 2024, as “EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK” in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.

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Roy Cooper

Governor

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 thirteenth day of May in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-four and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth.